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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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  • I suspect I will be putting in my two weeks tomorrow or Friday so, since we are painfully slow, I have started cleaning up my area. There is a possibility that they will not have me work the two weeks and may let me go immediately so I have everything as ready as it can be to leave. I have no issue working the two weeks but, if they let me go immediately, they better still pay out my unused vacation time. Also, if they don't have me work the two weeks, I will probably move up my start date by a week and take a week off in between to get some rest... then go racing that following weekend.

    In case you can't tell... I'm pretty excited about this.


    IDK about where you live but in MA & CT its the law that they have to pay you out for unused vacation time. Def look into this, don't leave all that $$ on the table!
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  • I suspect I will be putting in my two weeks tomorrow or Friday so, since we are painfully slow, I have started cleaning up my area. There is a possibility that they will not have me work the two weeks and may let me go immediately so I have everything as ready as it can be to leave. I have no issue working the two weeks but, if they let me go immediately, they better still pay out my unused vacation time. Also, if they don't have me work the two weeks, I will probably move up my start date by a week and take a week off in between to get some rest... then go racing that following weekend.

    In case you can't tell... I'm pretty excited about this.


    IDK about where you live but in MA & CT its the law that they have to pay you out for unused vacation time. Def look into this, don't leave all that $$ on the table!
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