Let’s Just Admit Why There Are So Many “Job Hoppers” In Startupland

I[Andrew Warner] don't like flakes either, so when Mark Suster wrote, "Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees," I cheered him on.

Then I thought about the private conversations I had with a few startup employees who changed jobs recently, and I realized there's something else going on here.

If you look at where many of these guys go after quitting a job you'll see that they're usually not moving to more glamorous jobs. If you talk to them in private, you'll hear that they're often escaping a situation they were mislead about.

If we're going to call out job hoppers, I think it's only fair to also call out startup CEOs and VCs who mislead their employees. Here are few ways they do it.