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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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  • In cases like this, I don't mind if the part is bad. They need to learn not to do this kind of s h i t. I won't do anything to make it bad or make up some BS to write up but, a rejected part in this case can be a teaching tool to other departments.


    they have learned that lesson through me a few times. our production team plays nice but this was a high dollar order that the big guy really wanted. i am glad it all worked out! it could have (and has) gone the other way in the past
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  • In cases like this, I don't mind if the part is bad. They need to learn not to do this kind of s h i t. I won't do anything to make it bad or make up some BS to write up but, a rejected part in this case can be a teaching tool to other departments.


    they have learned that lesson through me a few times. our production team plays nice but this was a high dollar order that the big guy really wanted. i am glad it all worked out! it could have (and has) gone the other way in the past
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