Many young people regularly change their jobs over the years. What are the reasons for this? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
Everybody has to work to sustain his or her livelihood. Some people spend their whole life while working a single job, but several youngsters keep changing their employment. The main reason behind this trend is job satisfaction issues among the young. I think this trend has more lacunae than its benefits because it is detrimental to the progress of both employees and employers. However, youngsters can attain many experiences if they do different type of works.
The lower job satisfaction is the primary cause that leads youngsters to change work frequently. Factors such as salary, timing, privileges, perks, work environment, leaves and distance of the workplace from home determine people’s satisfaction towards their job. If some of all factors do not conform to their expectations, they resign from their work. Also, some people are much enthusiastic about learning new things. When they feel that they have learned everything from their current job, people move to another work.
However, it causes disadvantages to both youngsters and their employers. People cannot gain full experience while working a job only for some years. In-depth knowledge of work can only be gained by doing it for a decade or more. For instance, a police officer can only gain knowledge of investigation if he indulges himself in this work for several years. After working for a long time, they gain knowledge of solving cases rapidly. Similarly, it also causes issues for employers. Every employer has to train a new worker for some months by investing time and money on him, and while working for some years, workers become skilled in their work. If an experienced employee resigns after some years without returning the value of their training, it causes loss to the organisation. Thus, the propensity of youngsters changing several jobs is disadvantageous for them and their employers.
But it makes them less susceptible to unemployment. Youngsters can attain many experiences and knowledge while working in many companies and doing a different type of works. Every new job gives a new experience and knowledge to the workers. They learn new things, meet new people and face new challenges, which make them resilient of doing several works; such type of people are less vulnerable to unemployment as they have several work experiences and knowledge and they can do many types of jobs.
In conclusion, less job satisfaction is the main reason for youngsters leaving jobs more than often. But it is not favourable for the development of the young and their employers because youngsters cannot gain the full knowledge of work in one or two years; employers also have to spend money to train new workers if an experienced employee leaves their job. But the young can gain several experiences while working in many jobs, which reduce their chances of remaining unemployed. Therefore, its disadvantages overshadow the benefits.