Would I be labelled as a job hopper if I left after only 1 year?
I dont't want to wait until I get laid off eventually. This past week was awful for my mental health.
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Has it actually been every 3 months? Wow
All you need to reference is that you were looking for a career and Ford's long history of layoffs every 3 Mos shows they do not value their employees. You are looking rather to be a part of a team.
Staying here for 3 years and stagnate with the income? Absolutely not.
Seems like career death if I do.
I'd double down and let your management know it. Ask what you can do to achieve promotion, align with goals of your department and put the hammer down, Give it three years of your best effort. If in year two it is obvious you are in a quagmire, plan your exit, Garner good reviews, parallel path a trajectory into another company. If Ford turns the corner, and you are proud to be a part of that solution, good for you! If not, you're ready to take the leap. In the prep time, keep your spend down, focus and execute!
Good luck!
the term 'hopping' in this context was dead 10 years ago.
even in engineering fields, you don't settle for less than you expect. and that, sometimes, is respected.
@OP companies will understand. Just indicate that the job you applied for and the actual job did not align or something similar. It happens all the time- bait and switch
Get out while you can...it is hard enough to get a job right now and if you wait and get laid off, it will be even harder. It is also easier to find a job IF you are currently employed, so if you wait until you get laid off it will be harder. Ford is exporting their jobs for cheaper labor costs, don't assume you will be able to stay.
Ford makes expensive cr-ppy copy-cat products.
Let's just be honest about it.
There's nothing to get excited about except the company might have a lot of political pull that will keep them in business with the crony-capitalism we have today.