Changing jobs and residences frequently is a very common scenario nowadays. Do you believe that this is good for one's future?”
A new trend has mushroomed dramatically over the years among many, wherein a growing number can be seen switching employment and residences frequently. Some believe that this new found love for switching employment and accommodation, impacts the future both favorably and unfavorably.
Hopping jobs allows fulfillment of desires of gaining increments in earnings, and help afford better lifestyles and also secure the future by making available extra monetary resources for investments into schemes that could ensure a comfortable life in their twilight years. Similarly, this also helps attain knowledge of various fields of interest, along with upgrading skills to sustain in a dynamic and competitive environment but also move up in the organization hierarchy.
Having said that, some are cynical to this notion. They believe that frequently shifting jobs and houses tends to divert focus from long term goals, forcing embracing only short term goals, which can prove to be disastrous in tough times. In addition, this can also cause instability, wherein one might find themselves losing sense of direction, due to not being able to adjust to the new environments, in terms of workplace and colleagues; and neighborhood and community, rapidly, causing mental distress and thus affecting their well being. There may be clashes of values, opinions or thoughts in the workplace or in society which may lead them to face adverse consequences in terms of physical harm and mental harassment.
In hindsight, although this trend may help young professionals secure a rapid, continuing it is likely to affect them adversely, in terms of obscuring their professional and personal objectives due to rapid changes. Thus, one must be extremely careful while following this propensity: it might cause unwarranted stress and precipitate a lack of sense of belongingness.
