She also thinks that staying at one employer for decades is the key to higher pay, better benefits, and promotions.

I have read terrifyingly depressing stories of people being underpaid - even for highly challenging work like civil engineering - when they do this. I mean it’s more of an employer issue, but part of the benefit of ‘job hopping’ is that anp non-asshole boss will try and match your new offer in order to keep you.