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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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  • be careful y'all that's a serious conflict of interest, and an even more serious infringement on and non-compete agreements you have with your current employer.


    Apparently they don't care about that here. A few of the other guys that work here area actively working on starting their own company doing exactly what we do, 3d printing medical implants. They have a business model, name, structure and investors in place or lined up. Management here knows about this and have taken no action regarding it so I'm taking that as they don't care.

    That being said, I would want to do remote programming as my full time job. I was hired as a CMM programmer but I'm being used as a slightly glorified inspector. This is not what was discussed/promised in my interview or in the conversations afterwards before starting work. Yes, despite the BS at my last job, I am regretting ever leaving there. I wish I had enough money saved up to quit and take a month or so off while I find another job. I did send my resume out to a few places about a week ago but haven't heard back yet and I am looking every day. I will probably contact some recruiters this week. I have a few LinkedIn connections that are recruiters for quality and manufacturing. If I can't find anything, I have been considering a complete career change.

    Thus far, this has been the worst career decision of my life.
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  • be careful y'all that's a serious conflict of interest, and an even more serious infringement on and non-compete agreements you have with your current employer.


    Apparently they don't care about that here. A few of the other guys that work here area actively working on starting their own company doing exactly what we do, 3d printing medical implants. They have a business model, name, structure and investors in place or lined up. Management here knows about this and have taken no action regarding it so I'm taking that as they don't care.

    That being said, I would want to do remote programming as my full time job. I was hired as a CMM programmer but I'm being used as a slightly glorified inspector. This is not what was discussed/promised in my interview or in the conversations afterwards before starting work. Yes, despite the BS at my last job, I am regretting ever leaving there. I wish I had enough money saved up to quit and take a month or so off while I find another job. I did send my resume out to a few places about a week ago but haven't heard back yet and I am looking every day. I will probably contact some recruiters this week. I have a few LinkedIn connections that are recruiters for quality and manufacturing. If I can't find anything, I have been considering a complete career change.

    Thus far, this has been the worst career decision of my life.
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