Oh common, KOKon, you can't consider yourself a job hopper ... you even stayed with our beloved Gluon "sampe titik darah penghabisan" even when you could jump off at that time.
Kalo gue rasanya capek ganti-ganti kerjaan, but that's just me. It's amazing that the guy can still have the job with that kind of track record, good for him. But I don't think that's a typical scenario. Probably fine kalo kerja kontrak, though. -Lego Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7) --- On Tue, 8/24/10, Eko Prasetya <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Eko Prasetya <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BinusNet] Fwd: A brilliant interview..._Must Read! > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 10:29 AM > Couldn't agree more, as a job hopper > myself. > > > > KOkon. > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:53 AM, Nugroho Laison <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Don't miss last 2 Questions... > > > > Some, rather most organizations reject his CV today > because he has changed > > jobs frequently (10 in 14 years). My friend, the ˜job > hopper™ (referred here > > as Mr. JH), does not mind it. well he does not need to > mind it at all. > > Having worked full-time with 10 employer companies in > just 14 years gives > > Mr. JH the relaxing edge that most of the ˜company > loyal™ employees are > > struggling for today. Today, Mr. JH too is laid off > like some other 14-15 > > year experienced guys " the difference being the > latter have just worked in > > 2-3 organizations in the same number of years. Here > are the excerpts of an > > interview with Mr. JH: > > > > Q: Why have you changed 10 jobs in 14 years? > > > > A: To get financially sound and stable before getting > laid off the second > > time. > > > > Q: So you knew you would be laid off in the year > 2009? > > > > A: Well I was laid off first in the year 2002 due to > the first global > > economic slowdown. I had not got a full-time job > before January 2003 when > > the economy started looking up; so I had struggled for > almost a year without > > job and with compromises. > > > > Q: Which number of job was that? > > A: That was my third job. > > > > Q: So from Jan 2003 to Jan 2009, in 6 years, you have > changed 8 jobs to > > make the count as 10 jobs in 14 years? > > > > A: I had no other option. In my first 8 years of > professional life, I had > > worked only for 2 organizations thinking that jobs are > deserved after lot of > > hard work and one should stay with an employer company > to justify the saying > > ˜employer loyalty™. But I was an idiot. > > > > Q: Why do you say so? > > > > A: My salary in the first 8 years went up only > marginally. I could not save > > enough and also, I had thought that I had a > ˜permanent™ job, so I need not > > worry about ˜what will I do if I lose my job™. I > could never imagine losing > > a job because of economic slowdown and not because of > my performance. That > > was January 2002. > > > > Q: Can you brief on what happened between January 2003 > and 2009. > > > > A: Well, I had learnt my lessons of being ˜company > loyal™ and not ˜money > > earning and saving loyal™. But then you can save > enough only when you earn > > enough. So I shifted my loyalty towards money making > and saving " I changed > > 8 jobs in 6 years assuring all my interviewers about > my stability. > > > > Q: So you lied to your interviewers; you had already > planned to change the > > job for which you were being interviewed on a > particular day? > > > > A: Yes, you can change jobs only when the market is up > and companies are > > hiring. You tell me " can I get a job now because of > the slowdown? No. So > > one should change jobs for higher salaries only when > the market is up > > because that is the only time when companies hire and > can afford the > > expected salaries. > > > > Q: What have you gained by doing such things? > > > > A: That's the question I was waiting for. In Jan 2003, > I had a fixed salary > > (without variables) of say Rs. X p.a. In January 2009, > my salary was 8X. So > > assuming my salary was Rs.3 lakh p.a. in Jan 2003, my > last drawn salary in > > Jan 2009 was Rs.24 lakh p.a. (without variable). I > never bothered about > > variable as I had no intention to stay for 1 year and > go through the > > appraisal process to wait for the company to give me a > hike. > > > > Q: So you decided on your own hike? > > > > A: Yes, in 2003, I could see the slowdown coming again > in future like it > > had happened in 2001-02. Though I was not sure by when > the next slowdown > > would come, I was pretty sure I wanted a > ˜debt-free™ life before being laid > > off again. So I planned my hike targets on a yearly > basis without waiting > > for the year to complete. > > > > Q: So are you debt-free now? > > > > A: Yes, I earned so much by virtue of job changes for > money and spent so > > little that today I have a loan free 2 BR flat (1200 > sq.. feet) plus a loan > > free big car without bothering about any EMIs. I am > laid off too but I do > > not complain at all. If I have laid off companies for > money, it is OK if a > > company lays me off because of lack of money. > > > > Q: Who is complaining? > > > > A: All those guys who are not getting a job to pay > their EMIs off are > > complaining. They had made fun of me saying I am a job > hopper and do not > > have any company loyalty. Now I ask them what they > gained by their company > > loyalty; they too are laid off like me and pass > comments to me " why will > > you bother about us, you are already debt-free. They > were still in the > > bracket of 12-14 lakh p.a. when they were laid off. > > > > Q: What is your advice to professionals? > > > > A: Like Narayan Murthy had said " love your job and > not your company > > because you never know when your company will stop > loving you. In the same > > lines, love yourself and your family needs more than > the company's needs. > > Companies can keep coming and going; family will > always remain the same. > > Make money for yourself first and simultaneously make > money for the company, > > not the other way around. > > > > Q: What is your biggest pain point with companies? > > > > A: When a company does well, its CEO will address the > entire company > > saying, ˜well done guys, it is YOUR company, keep up > the hard work, I am > > with you. But when the slowdown happens and the > company does not do so well, > > the same CEO will say, It is MY company and to save > the company, I have to > > take tough decisions including asking people to go. So > think about your > > financial stability first; when you get laid off, your > kids will complain to > > you and not your boss. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > "We cannot all do great things.But we can do small things > with great love." - Mother Teresa > --------------------------------------------------------- > > BinusNet founded on Dec 28, 1998 Owner : Johan Setiawan > Moderator BinusNet : Suryadiputra Liawatimena & Surya > Iskandar > > Stop or Unsubscribe: send blank email to [email protected] > Questions or Suggestions, send e-mail to [email protected] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > >
