How long can an employee stay in the same company 2?

In my last post, I mentioned the issue regarding the lenght of time an employee can stay in a company. Some specialists consulted on this topic said that the era of a life time job is over. This means that an employee who stays for a long time in the same job can be considered outdated with respect to new technologies and flexibility required in a competitive business environment. Other specialists argue that they cannot recruit someone whose resume shows constant changing of jobs every 3 years. They think that something is wrong with this candidate.

     The question which then arises is: how long should be considered acceptable period of time to stay in the same job? Specialists responded that the reasonable period of time is company-specific. Since some companies adopt the practice of rotation of employees as their culture, staying for a long time in the same company can be tolerable while in the same function, not. However, a candidate who has worked for a long time in the same company and in the same function has a problem. Specialists argue that this is not only bad for the worker, but to the organization too. 

     People do not grow professionally if they are not challenged. They are also not innovative. People can only think out of the box when they are removed from the comfort zone. This is a good conclusion for the employee as well as an organization. The lesson we can learn from this is that even if you have been in the same company for a long time, try to change functions in order to permit your professional growth. Think about this!