Employees jump ship only to a lower pay

The more frequently employees change job, the lower salary they can expect compared with their peers, according to a report released on Monday.

Focusing on employees graduating in 2008, 38 percent said they had stayed in their job for more than three years, a third changed jobs once within the period, and 10 percent worked for four or more employers, according to Mycos, an education data consulting and assessment firm.

The report said that an employee who had stayed in the same job for three years after graduation could earn an average monthly income of 5,273 yuan ($830) but one who had worked for five or more employers during the same period could only expect an average 4,461 yuan. "The more employers they have worked for, the lower salary they would get paid," it concluded.