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>>jrs235+(OP)
> "They know that employers want loyalty," Hoffman says. "They know they want to hear, 'Oh, I plan on working here for the rest of my career.'

When asked about where I wanted to be in my career by my boss (boss' boss actually), I was honest about having my resume out there and looking for other opportunities outside my current company. Now, I've heard from other sources a promotion that was possible in my future has been basically pulled.

Honesty is not a good policy. Keep lying.

Everyone says they want the truth, but if you are told you're not doing meaningful work, the justification for your job is vanity metrics, and the guy with less experience than you who does terrible work makes more money than you, how happy would you be?

If you told management, you're using the position and any promotion as a jumping off area for a newer better job at a different company, how happy would management be?

>>buckbo+94
As others have said, it's basically substituting a big lie for a little lie. You basically told your boss that you're looking to leave in the immediate future. What Reid is talking about is more of a "some time in the possible future I'm looking to expand beyond what I'm currently doing here". When it's framed that way, the current company can keep that in mind and include you if something comes their way that matches what you wanted to move on to next.

Basically, when in doubt, be vague.