Your shortest stint and its impact on your career?

In August, I joined a new organization following the closure of my previous one. Things are going exceptionally well – my manager is pleased with my performance, and I'm learning a great deal. Workload is manageable, and during a casual web browse, I discovered high-paying job openings in my field. Now, I'm contemplating whether pursuing interviews is the right move, given the rare opportunities. I've had one-year stints at two previous companies; I'm curious about the potential impact on my career. Appreciate your insights.

Hey folks, Having 3.3 YOE. In one of my past stints I left a company in 2 months due to toxic work culture and joined a better company. I am a junior product manager. Will this short stint create problems for further opportunities? Need suggestions.

Asking for an HR perspective to help with this one. I didn't mention a short stint( around 2 months) in my resume which I did almost 3 years back and I've gotten offer letter from another company. Should I disclose this in my background verification form or just continue not to list it. Its one thing to not include it in resume, not so sure about BGV form. The good part is the short stint didn't deposit PF so it does not reflect on my UAN number. Also the company is no longer in existence.

I was recently laid off. I am applying for jobs. One question that has been a bother for me is on my unfortunate past short stints. Need help from folks on how to tackle these Q's. I am applying for product / strategy roles. 2015 - tier 1 engg 2019 - tier 1 MBA 1.5 yrs - did my own startup...fairly successful but later failed due to covid 11 months - worked in a fairly well known fast growing startup - left coz wanted to move to a product centric startup 14 months - worked in product based big unicorn startup - got laid off 10 months - joined an early stage startup - startup failed and laid off again What should be my interview strategy? How do I portray my story in a positive light?

I will go first, i have deleted my first company from my resume because even though i was very good at coding. They put me in a support project in graveyard shift. I faked illness to get out of shift, and later on was removed and put in angular project. I moved on 6 months later to a good company as backend engineer but i really regret joining my 1st company. When asked , I just say the work was not relevant to what i wanted. Please share your experience too.

just curious what the community thinks? i’ve heard that some tech startups (especially crypto ones) pay a lot but sometimes go bust within 6-7 months so often engineers have a short tenure on their resumes. also sometimes engineers just job hop. i’ve also switched a company after 7-8 months as i didn’t like it. i’m curious how resumes are looked at! how short is too short? how many such experiences will establish a pattern?

Hello grapeviners, I want to show my current work experience in a not so well known startup as contract role since it has been a 10 month stint only. Can I showcase it as a contract role? It will help me justify my short stint. Also, I have been unfortunate to have had a series of short stints before as well. Those were big startups but either got closed or carried out heavy layoffs. Please suggest. Would be quite helpful to know about the hack 🙂

Few months back I was put under pip. It's a well known org and I had been only with them for 1.5 months and in probation when they did this. Their reason: 'its just a hygiene thing' and that I'm 'too introverted' and should 'interact more than just focusing on work.' I'm certain it might be because of team biasness and bootlicking since manager claimed my work has no issues during our meeting. Fast forward to 3 months later, I'm yet to receive a pip plan or a judgement criteria or any written communication for the same. I'm not sure if I have any job security or when will the pip end (all attempts to get clarity on this were refuted). What should I do? Should I wait for things to become clear or quit. It's been only 6 months and I'm worried switching so early will look bad 😔 on my cv. My notice is 90 days.

I wish to know the pros/cons of frequently switching jobs. I am in a dilemma, there are posts here and there that say don't switch frequently and then there are posts that nobody cares about frequent job switches, as you are a dev. Let's discuss ladies & gents✍️