Stay or Leave? Three Signals That Tell You How Much Longer to Invest
A senior coach's view: "unhappy" isn't a good reason to leave, and "not growing" is too vague. Three concrete signals about whether the company is still investing in you.
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What this article covers:
- Signal 1: are the tasks you're given expanding or shrinking in scope?
- Signal 2: will the skills you're building still have market value in three years?
- Signal 3: are you still learning from your manager?
- The decision matrix: combining the three signals into a stay/leave call
- Why “keeping market awareness” while still happy is the cheapest career insurance
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