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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect someone you hire to stay for at least a year or two. Jumping around more often than that can be a real problem on your resume. If ONE TIME a job is a bad fit and you leave a few months in, that's one thing, but it's certainly not a good habit to be staying at jobs less than 2-3 years.
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It's not unreasonable to want that of a new hire, but there's not really anything, as an employer, you can do about it. As the new hire, it behooves you to stick it out for awhile, especially if you're right out of college.
But if I as a 46 year old woman with LOTS of work experience get into a job that I immediately realize is bad news quits, that's a different thing. But hopefully by this point in my life, I can see the telltale signs of a bad employer from the interview. I had one interview that just didn't seem right. I couldn't put my finger on it, but it seemed like she needed me to be desperate for the job. After the interview I mentioned the experience to another woman who happened to know the company and she confirmed my doubts. Apparently the boss was a complete, to the bizarre OCD extent, control freak, and would only hire someone who would
HAVE to put up with her crap. Anyone with any dignity would be outta there.
One of the best questions to ask in an interview? What is your employee retention rate? Probably worded more judiciously than that, but if most of the employees have been there less than a year, that's a bad sign.