10 reasons to stay at a job for 10 or more years

As business owner I have a lot of incentive to keep our talented people around. But as an employee, I believe you can progress much better, both financially and in skills, by staying in one place instead of jumping around. The whole idea and philosophy of the “perfect job” could be blinding you from the even bigger opportunity to magnify the position you already have.I maintain that the commonly-held idea the only way to “get ahead” is to hop jobs is entirely false.As a case in point, the company I helped save from closure in 2004 and now lead (Fishbowl) has grown from 6 to 100 employees in the past 8 years, and our turnover is negligible (under 2%). I am here for life. As I receive calls from Venture Capitalists I tell them “the exit strategy for myself and my partner, Mary Michelle Scott and all other owners is death, so we may not fit your model.” Our full leadership team and the vast majority of our employees consider themselves “lifers” as well.