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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 put my 2 week notice in last week as well. The job market has been very generous to me for once in my life. So yesterday the owner brought me in his office to talk and try to get me to stay. An hour and a half later I am still leaving. Not sure why he tried so hard considering our work load here, but he did match my current offer. The difference at this point is a 20min drive to/from work and 5 day work week+overtime verses a 40min drive and 4 day work week, but no overtime. What would you do?? Most of the rest of the work/benefits are the same.


    The cutdown on your drive is critical. That is an hour of your life back each week. May not seem like much, but at 52 hours a year is over another week's worth of vacation! Plus, the way gas prices are, you are saving even more money!
  • I didn't think of it that way, I did the pros and cons and the new job keeps winning. Not sure why I'm overthinking. Thanks for your input!
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