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Crazy Job Market

What's the CMM job market like near you?

I live and work in the far northern outskirts of Chicago. There is a fair amount of industry around me, but there are typically only two or three CMM job openings at a time within my commuting area. Most of them are normally the same few jobs that nobody wants or they just don’t pay enough.

However, right now it seems like there are quite a few jobs available near me that I'd be happy to take if I didn't already have a good thing going. Also, where I work we have been down a CMM programmer for many months and recently lost two more who left for greener pastures. HR tells me that no one is even applying, let alone anyone with good qualifications! We are working to build talent from within, but it's going to take some time.

How about you?
Are you currently understaffed? Or should I say, more understaffed than usual?
Do you see a lot more job openings near you?
Am I the only one dumb enough to do this for a living? What am I missing here?
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  • What a quick thorough response. That ought to count for two posts.

    I know right!!! They need to adjust my post count accordingly and quick. Sunglasses

    I'm sorry that things are slow for you right now. Hopefully it's a good kind of slow. A chance to catch your breath and take care of the things that normally drive you nuts but you don't have time to deal with. Luckily we are a tad slow too. If we weren't it would be stress city right now. But, that will change soon enough.

    It's honestly bad timing for me. I'm 2 rounds into my race season and each round costs me roughly $1500 without maintenance on the bike. It is nice to have less stress at work but it ends up being a bit more stress at home.

    And your comment "There is a long list. What you are not missing is probably a way shorter list." - Sums it up nicely, story of my lifeStuck out tongue closed eyes.

    Same here brother... same here.


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  • What a quick thorough response. That ought to count for two posts.

    I know right!!! They need to adjust my post count accordingly and quick. Sunglasses

    I'm sorry that things are slow for you right now. Hopefully it's a good kind of slow. A chance to catch your breath and take care of the things that normally drive you nuts but you don't have time to deal with. Luckily we are a tad slow too. If we weren't it would be stress city right now. But, that will change soon enough.

    It's honestly bad timing for me. I'm 2 rounds into my race season and each round costs me roughly $1500 without maintenance on the bike. It is nice to have less stress at work but it ends up being a bit more stress at home.

    And your comment "There is a long list. What you are not missing is probably a way shorter list." - Sums it up nicely, story of my lifeStuck out tongue closed eyes.

    Same here brother... same here.


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