When You Should Look for a New Job

Continuous improvement is part of what makes a good employer, according to the folks over at Computerworld.

In an article called “8 Signs It’s Time to Look for a New Job,” writer Thomas Hoffman offers a list that includes much of what you would expect from a piece with that title: you’re being excluded, your level of influence is waning, etc.

But he also mentions

Continuous improvement isn't part of the mantra.
Sometimes there are organizational changes -- or lack thereof -- that you should regard as career alerts. These include stagnation within a corporation or an IT department. If your IT organization has been using the same application-development techniques for 15 years and has made no effort to update its approach, "then something's wrong," says David Van De Voort, principal consultant at Mercer LLC in Chicago. If your company is unwilling to invest in continuous improvement processes such as CMMI, ITIL or Six Sigma, it may be time to seek a company that is, he adds.

What do you think? Should continuous improvement be a determining factor in whether you look for a new job? Would you leave a job – or refuse to take one – at a company that isn’t involved in continuous improvement? I look forward to your comments.