This is an advantage of working at a big company. If you work at Google, Amazon or Microsoft, they do so much stuff that you can do an internal transfer to another team and it's like moving to a whole different company (if you move far enough).
It is? I'm coming up on five years in Jan, can feel the itch already but I feel I needed the stability to grow for a bit. Hard to move on though, the company is filled with lifers who've been here for 10-15 years.
Yeah, calling it "The Five Year Itch" is a great way to alienate anyone who hasn't worked in the same job for 5 years.
Also who, when bored with their current job, asks themselves "oh how could I scratch this Five Year Itch that I'm having"? I'd venture to say anyone who has worked that long in software development would either reach out to their network or simply stop ignoring the requests from recruiters they're getting.
The other side of their market is employers--even if accurate, I'm not certain that pointing to a inch after one year is helpful.
More generally, a name of with this sort of specificity gives people a chance to paint themselves out of the picture. Regardless of the duration references, some of the relevant audience is likely to say "that's not about me".
Depends on the location and industry probably. In a company of 25 software engineers, I am coming up on 5 years in a few months and I'd say about 3/4 of them have been with the company longer than me. That said, I probably will be leaving soon, because 5 years is a long time.
You've got a good point. The itch does start earlier than 5 years. Maybe we'll put that into our branding soon. In any case, our 'years in job' field lets you sign up from Year 3.
