job-hop
Americanverb (used without object)
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Origin of job-hop
First recorded in 1950–55
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Employees also frequently job-hop between companies, creating an additional vector for information leakage or misappropriation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
This made it easy for employees to job-hop and share news of the latest innovations without fear of reprisal or recrimination.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2019
Long-lasting careers seem out of reach; millennials are told to go to college so they can make money, but mostly they just amass debt and then job-hop in hopes of paying it off.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2017
Denmark’s central bank is watching to make sure the labor shortages do not bring adverse side effects, like declining productivity if people start to job-hop more, or wage spikes that could stoke inflation.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2017
With their services in great demand, the argument goes, permatemps can job-hop at will and learn skills at each stop.
From Time Magazine Archive
These are often people who job-hopped at an opportune time and scored pay packages that are more generous than what today’s tepid labor market would bear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I started my career at 22 and have job-hopped almost every year since.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
Anthony Fuscellaro of Biddeford, Maine, has job-hopped for most of his working life since dropping out of college.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
But a recent analysis of 100,000 call-centre workers showed that those who had job-hopped in the past were no more likely to quit quickly than those who had not.
From Economist ● Apr. 4, 2013
After leaving Washington in the mid-1950s, he job-hopped, serving briefly as operating vice president of Servomechanisms Inc. and later organizing his own law firm in Los Angeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
A job-hopping lawyer accessed files and recruited lawyers at elite firms to tip traders about pending deals, prosecutors say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
With the labor market tightening, Drake said that job-hopping has become difficult, while moving up at his current position feels out of reach.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
Skills-based hiring is on the rise, job-hopping has become more accepted and the traditional career ladder is being replaced by a more flexible, nonlinear career path.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
California’s refusal to enforce noncompete agreements really has promoted a culture of job-hopping in the state’s technology sector.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2023
The accelerating layoffs have rattled a cohort who only months ago felt safe job-hopping in pursuit of better salaries and benefits.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
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