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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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  • That is how it is here at my current company.

    I gave my notification in the other week and 4 days later the other Quality Engineer put his notification in. It's hard enough to find programmers and QEs in this market. Sounds like the other QE might be leaving soon as well. This might spiral into the whole QA department leaving. We are a well-knit group, so with the two of us leaving might create a domino effect...


    From the outside looking in, I would have thought your current company was a well oiled machine.

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  • That is how it is here at my current company.

    I gave my notification in the other week and 4 days later the other Quality Engineer put his notification in. It's hard enough to find programmers and QEs in this market. Sounds like the other QE might be leaving soon as well. This might spiral into the whole QA department leaving. We are a well-knit group, so with the two of us leaving might create a domino effect...


    From the outside looking in, I would have thought your current company was a well oiled machine.

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