Comments on: Job-hopping vs. “Grindhopping” http://worklifefit.com/blog/2007/05/job-hopping-vs-grindhopping/ Fit, Not Balance. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Barbara Saunders http://worklifefit.com/blog/2007/05/job-hopping-vs-grindhopping/comment-page-1/#comment-33115 Barbara Saunders Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:32:32 +0000 http://worklifefit.com/blog/2007/05/01/job-hopping-vs-grindhopping/#comment-33115 I think grindhopping is more than job hopping with increased deliberation. The reference to the "grind" makes it a sort of manifesto, not against worker purposelessness but against the tradition that calls for young people to "pay dues." Some aspects of dues paying valid: getting life experience and maturity under the belt, learning the ropes. Other aspects are simply artifacts of a dysfunctional culture: specifically, the idea that people should start "at the bottom" regardless of their capacities and that "getting to the top" is the reward for playing along. I think grindhopping is more than job hopping with increased deliberation. The reference to the “grind” makes it a sort of manifesto, not against worker purposelessness but against the tradition that calls for young people to “pay dues.”

Some aspects of dues paying valid: getting life experience and maturity under the belt, learning the ropes. Other aspects are simply artifacts of a dysfunctional culture: specifically, the idea that people should start “at the bottom” regardless of their capacities and that “getting to the top” is the reward for playing along.

]]> By: Virginia Byrd http://worklifefit.com/blog/2007/05/job-hopping-vs-grindhopping/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Virginia Byrd Sat, 05 May 2007 22:18:39 +0000 http://worklifefit.com/blog/2007/05/01/job-hopping-vs-grindhopping/#comment-1434 I find the title "grindhopping" very strange. Those who go jobhopping don't want to take the time to really research the place where they are signing on. Even with knowing that it may not work out---it is the easiest way. The grindhopping is closer to what career counselors want clients to do----spend the time and energy necessary to find the right career, including work/life benefits. I am puzzled by the term, but don't want to buy the book. I find the title “grindhopping” very strange.
Those who go jobhopping don’t want to take the time to really research the place where they are signing on. Even with knowing that it may not work out—it is the easiest way.
The grindhopping is closer to what career counselors want clients to do—-spend the time and energy necessary to find the right career, including work/life benefits. I am puzzled by the term, but don’t want to buy the book.

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