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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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  • My racing hobby is about to get a big boost. One of the vendors close to us is about to not be a tire supplier (vendors fault through VERY poor actions) and their region will be given to us. It should easily double our profits. We are currently looking at getting a second trailer and tire machine so, if we have conflicting events, we can cover both events.

    This month has been ridiculously busy for me with the tire business, racing, changing jobs, and this weekend will be very tough on me because Sunday will be one year since I lost my wife. A lot of positives with one big negative.


    Rooting for you champ, you got this dude! You're kicking A_S_S! The fact that they put your but_t to work and not fired you says a lot. Wishing you the best on the side business, it's hard to make money in the areas that you're most passionate about (like your hobby) but most of the few that do I am a little jelly of them and aspire to be like them.

    Looks like I may be leaving the CMM world here in a few weeks, it's a tough call for me as that's been my bread and butter for many years BUT hey no risk no gain.
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  • My racing hobby is about to get a big boost. One of the vendors close to us is about to not be a tire supplier (vendors fault through VERY poor actions) and their region will be given to us. It should easily double our profits. We are currently looking at getting a second trailer and tire machine so, if we have conflicting events, we can cover both events.

    This month has been ridiculously busy for me with the tire business, racing, changing jobs, and this weekend will be very tough on me because Sunday will be one year since I lost my wife. A lot of positives with one big negative.


    Rooting for you champ, you got this dude! You're kicking A_S_S! The fact that they put your but_t to work and not fired you says a lot. Wishing you the best on the side business, it's hard to make money in the areas that you're most passionate about (like your hobby) but most of the few that do I am a little jelly of them and aspire to be like them.

    Looks like I may be leaving the CMM world here in a few weeks, it's a tough call for me as that's been my bread and butter for many years BUT hey no risk no gain.
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