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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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  • At my company QC is king. Above the manufacturing dept.

    -We stop their bad products from going out the door. This keeps our customer's coming back. They are well aware of their inability to stick to the most basic procedures and thank us when we stop them from looking bad.
    -Introduction of CMMs as well as other automated inspection systems increases speed of parts going through the whip
    -The inspection data is used to spot trends and increase efficiency at the machine level while simultaneously reducing DPMO

    The most underperforming companies I have seen are the ones where manufacturing has a negative opinion of quality.

    The most profitable, clean, comfortable, well run companies I have ever been to operate the other way.
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  • At my company QC is king. Above the manufacturing dept.

    -We stop their bad products from going out the door. This keeps our customer's coming back. They are well aware of their inability to stick to the most basic procedures and thank us when we stop them from looking bad.
    -Introduction of CMMs as well as other automated inspection systems increases speed of parts going through the whip
    -The inspection data is used to spot trends and increase efficiency at the machine level while simultaneously reducing DPMO

    The most underperforming companies I have seen are the ones where manufacturing has a negative opinion of quality.

    The most profitable, clean, comfortable, well run companies I have ever been to operate the other way.
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