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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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  • Our handbook says (not sure on the law) that if 2 weeks is given then 100% of unused vacation time is paid out, if 1 week is given then 50% is paid out and less than 1 week notice you get none paid out. I have no intention of leaving that money on the table as I have almost 50 hours unused vacation time. I will leave immediately if they ask me to AND they pay out the vacation but that is the only way I am working less than 2 weeks.


    amen brother hold onto that 50hrs, thats a lot of $$
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  • Our handbook says (not sure on the law) that if 2 weeks is given then 100% of unused vacation time is paid out, if 1 week is given then 50% is paid out and less than 1 week notice you get none paid out. I have no intention of leaving that money on the table as I have almost 50 hours unused vacation time. I will leave immediately if they ask me to AND they pay out the vacation but that is the only way I am working less than 2 weeks.


    amen brother hold onto that 50hrs, thats a lot of $$
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