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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A-machine-insp over 3 years ago

Thanks for the update! I feel oddly invested in knowing how that plays out.

That got awkward, you are nearly a week into your two weeks notice before the boss returned from vacation. It is what it is, you can't time these things.

Packing up at the end of a job is always odd. Little by little all the little pieces of you leave the worksite. I find it makes for a nice transition as things gradually get more 'real'.

It honestly does feel odd. This computer is personalized just the way I like it and I am the only person here who runs this particular CMM. It has the only scanning head we have and I am the only one who knows how to utilize it and the same goes for the probe changer.

I think they are going to be more lost than they know and I'm not saying that from an egotistical stand point. I know how many "special projects' are brought to me cause nobody else here knows how to handle them. That being said, I am willing to contract program for them if they wish. The new job is not a competitor (aerospace/defense vs. surgical) and the new job hand book says they don't have an issue with employees having a second job as long as they come first and there is no conflict of interest.
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A-machine-insp over 3 years ago

Thanks for the update! I feel oddly invested in knowing how that plays out.

That got awkward, you are nearly a week into your two weeks notice before the boss returned from vacation. It is what it is, you can't time these things.

Packing up at the end of a job is always odd. Little by little all the little pieces of you leave the worksite. I find it makes for a nice transition as things gradually get more 'real'.

It honestly does feel odd. This computer is personalized just the way I like it and I am the only person here who runs this particular CMM. It has the only scanning head we have and I am the only one who knows how to utilize it and the same goes for the probe changer.

I think they are going to be more lost than they know and I'm not saying that from an egotistical stand point. I know how many "special projects' are brought to me cause nobody else here knows how to handle them. That being said, I am willing to contract program for them if they wish. The new job is not a competitor (aerospace/defense vs. surgical) and the new job hand book says they don't have an issue with employees having a second job as long as they come first and there is no conflict of interest.
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