????四年（48個月）

????你可以得到在那里工作的“全部學(xué)分”,，除非有明顯的證據(jù)證明你表現(xiàn)不佳或停滯不前。成就增加,，最好至少有過一次升職,，是最理想的情況。如果你沒有得到過升職,，你負(fù)責(zé)的項目也沒有變得更好,，你的境遇尚可以接受，但在未來兩年你必須有所作為,。

????六年（72個月）

????此時,，如果你沒有得到升職或更好的項目，這份工作將開始給你帶來傷害,。工作滿四年時間,，除去入職后的第一年，其他三年沒有起伏,，或者有平級調(diào)動,，這種情形還是可以接受的。四年意味著你做好了自己的工作,，給了公司充分的機(jī)會,，沒有讓太多人厭煩，現(xiàn)在選擇繼續(xù)前進(jìn),。如果你6年之后依舊沒有明顯的升職記錄,，這就會讓人覺得你胸?zé)o大志，雖然你還不至于糟糕到連工作都保不住的程度,，但你也只能算是平庸之輩,。但如果你能不斷獲得升遷，這份工作可以做多長時間呢,？答案是——沒有上限,。

????斯蒂芬?馮?伊莫霍夫的回答

????如果你真的不喜歡自己的工作，那就應(yīng)該離開,。就是這么回事,。試圖定義做一份工作的“最短”時間，根本是在開玩笑。

????關(guān)于何時離職最合適,，許多答案在試圖確立一些復(fù)雜的規(guī)則,。這純粹是無稽之談。這是你的生活,，你只需要按照自己的規(guī)則生活,，其他人的規(guī)則與你無關(guān)。

????“不滿8個月被認(rèn)為非常糟糕,！”

????“18個月是社會公認(rèn)的下限,！”

????“2年好于18個月，3年好于2年,，4年好于3年”

????別聽這些,。如果一份工作不適合你，只要你想離開隨時都可以離開,。要對自己的決定充滿信心,。如果未來的雇主問你為什么在2年、2個月或2天后離開之前的公司,，你就告訴他們原因,。

????告訴他們實情。告訴他們你在尋找什么,。告訴他們?yōu)槭裁粗暗墓ぷ鞣浅Ｔ愀?，你學(xué)到了什么，為什么新工作與之前不同,。要堅強(qiáng),。要自信。

????沒有人應(yīng)該被迫在一份他們厭惡的工作上受罪,，僅僅因為離職“可能是個糟糕的決定”,，這份工作待遇豐厚，或者其他什么原因,。生活是一場旅行,，而不是終點。如果你不喜歡這次旅程,，它的意義何在,？跳上另一列火車，繼續(xù)前行吧,。

????生命只有一次,。你要對自己負(fù)責(zé)。

????Four years (48 months)

????This will get you ‘full credit’ for working there, unless something makes it clear that you were an under performer or stagnating. If you had increasing scope of accomplishment and preferably at least one title change, you’re fine. If you haven’t been promoted and your projects aren’t getting better, you’re still OK at this point but you have two years in which to make your next move.

????Six years (72 months)

????This is the point at which it starts to hurt you if you’re not getting promoted or better projects. Four years with an on-boarding year and then a flat trend or lateral moves for three is fine. Four years means you did your job, gave the company a thorough chance, didn’t piss too many people off, and moved on. After 6 years without an obvious record of promotions, it suggests that a person is unambitious and, while not so terrible as to be unable to keep a job, thoroughly mediocre. If you keep getting promoted, however, there’s no upper limit on how long you can stay at a job.

????Answer by Stefan Von Imhof

????If you don’t like your job you should leave. Period. Attempting to define a “minimum” amount of time to stay at a job is a joke.

????There are a few answers here attempting to establish complex rules for when it’s okay to leave. It’s all baloney. This is your life, and you don’t have to live by anyone’s rules but your own.

????“Under 8 months is perceived to be terrible!”

????“18 months is the socially accepted minimum!”

????“2 years is better than 18 months, and 3 years is better than 2, and 4 is better than 3″

????Don’t listen to any of that. If a job isn’t right for you, you leave whenever you want. Have full confidence in your decision. If a future employer asks you why you left after 2 years, 2 months, or 2 days, you tell them.

????Tell them the truth. Tell them what you’re looking for. Tell them why your old job was terrible, what you learned, and why this new job is different. Stay strong. Have confidence.

????Nobody should be forced to suffer at a job they hate just because it ‘might look bad’ later, because it pays well, or for any other reason. Life is a journey, not a destination. If you don’t like the journey, what’s the point? Hop on another train and keep moving.

????You only live once. You owe it to yourself.

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