I see people come and go, in my current company, in my previous employment as well. Reasons being, we are working in a private sector and if we want to get promoted early, to get high salary increment, to experience new things, we need to jump companies, from one company to another. The chances are high. But if you are staying in one company, the chances are there, but limited. The competition is high. This is actually same competition if you move to another company, you have to compete with those who are applying on the jobstreet, in the newspapers and other job advertisement means that the company is using. People will have more qualification and experiences than you. But, the employers dont know you, and if you are selected, you can sell the very best of yourself. If you are staying in one company, your boss has known you for quite a long time and the boss might have his/her own preferences on promoting someone. This is called, favoritism.
We are not talking about favoritism .
I want to talk about people who have scary thoughts on people who are jumping companies.
There is always, every single time, more than one person who will give scary thoughts to us if we tell them we are joining a new venture in another company. I got this almost every time. From my own experiences, the moment i tell my colleagues I am resigning, almost all feedback I received are, "its tough, I dont think you can survive that." "Ouh, ****** industry is tough, they will ask you to work like a dog, you'll go back late, life-less." And some other statements which I pretended not to hear. All these negative thoughts, at first, I did give a second thought on my decision to jump, It affected me, thank you. But I knew back then, and I know now, you'll never know if you have never experienced it. And for those who have given their negative feedback, they dont even have the experience as well working in such industries. They just heard from 'people'. Or sometimes, they are assuming. So, I told myself, "what the hell. Im still young and this is the time for me to learn." And I will tell you this, you will never waste any day of your life if the purpose you are doing something is to learn / to gain / to know better / etc.
Well at least, they should have given this feedback, "Wow, good for you. Good luck!" You will only receive this feedback in your farewell cards!
Be positive and dont be afraid of the future, cause we all will never know.
