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Nov 27, 2018 at 11:15 comment added motosubatsu While I'm not condoning rubbish hiring practices, lying to candidates etc. The notion that companies profit from job-hopping is a stretch IMO. Hiring can be a very expensive process - replacing an IT employee in the UK costs a business nearly £32k on average so if there's employer hostility towards job hoppers it's not without good cause.
Nov 25, 2018 at 22:10 comment added Patricia Shanahan I am not saying that studying is as good as actual experience, and I am not recommending studying when there is on-task work to be done. I do think it is much better than doing nothing.
Nov 25, 2018 at 19:43 comment added BigMadAndy Also, "reading about sth" is not the same as "gaining experience in sth". If I join a job in A, I expect to gain practical experience in A. Not to read about A. I don't think many companies would be amused if I told them during the interview: "My position war formally in A, but I didn't gain any experience in A. But hey, instead I spent time reading about A, which is basically the same, isn't it?" either.
Nov 25, 2018 at 19:42 comment added BigMadAndy @PatriciaShanahan. Not sure what your point is. Yes, it's good to try to use free time to learn things. But to what extent this is possible depends a lot on the position you have and the company. I know companies you can get fired from if you are seen doing something that is not your tasks. Besides, "reading about sth" is not the same as "learning sth" either. I can "read about programming" a lot, but if I can't install the software I need on my laptop to write code, this is quite useless in the long run.
Nov 25, 2018 at 15:59 comment added Patricia Shanahan I am puzzled by the idea of sitting around doing nothing. All my working life there was something I wanted to learn. If I had had free time on the job I would have been reading about something I might need in the future, not getting bored. As it was, I had to do my studying evenings and weekends.
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