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> Working in IT or some similar position at a modern company? I bet we would see a larger number of people quitting. This is purely anecdotal, but I changed jo

by cactus2093 5y ago

> Working in IT or some similar position at a modern company? I bet we would see a larger number of people quitting. This is purely anecdotal, but I changed jobs last year from one tech company to another, and in general on the teams I worked with both at the old and new companies it felt like there was if anything a slightly larger number of people changing jobs vs a normal year. From my social networks I can also recall seeing quite a few friends and tech folks I follow get new jobs. In other words I really don't see any impending event here. There has been no reason for the past year that someone who wanted to change jobs wouldn't have already done so. I did a full interview process and joined a new company without ever leaving my house or meeting anybody in person, so the pandemic certainly didn't limit job changes in tech in the same way it limited travel and events.

jhickok 5y ago
I changed jobs as well, but I have noticed pretty high turnover in my personal web of contacts. However (again, anecdotal) I think people are fairly uneasy about having to hit the job market right now. At least where I live, there's a feeling of worry about the housing market specifically, and many people I've talked to want to sit pat and see.
- skeeter2020 5y ago
  I don't think this is directly related to covid, but a powerful knock-on effect. The IT market in many centers outside of the typically high-demand areas is absolutely booming right now. I'm not convinced covid taught us anything definitive about remote work, but the involuntary loss of central control at many companies showed that satellite or hub organizations will be very doable, and sometimes come with huge cost savings. I know of several Seattle companies setting up entire dev teams (30+) in Canadian cities where they are paying 30-45% premiums and still recognizing similar cost savings. Amazon et al have done this at scale for a while (Seattle -> Vancouver) but it's now viewed as viable for those 300+ person companies that are growing fast, and it's meant demand for tech workers is as hot as the housing markets.
- blaser-waffle 5y ago
  Same here. I jumped -- new gig starts in 2 weeks -- and I know literally all of my coworkers are actively looking. At least one has an offer (not sure if it's been taken), and another sounds like she's going to have an offer soon.

jhickok 5y ago

I changed jobs as well, but I have noticed pretty high turnover in my personal web of contacts. However (again, anecdotal) I think people are fairly uneasy about having to hit the job market right now. At least where I live, there's a feeling of worry about the housing market specifically, and many people I've talked to want to sit pat and see.

skeeter2020 5y ago
I don't think this is directly related to covid, but a powerful knock-on effect. The IT market in many centers outside of the typically high-demand areas is absolutely booming right now. I'm not convinced covid taught us anything definitive about remote work, but the involuntary loss of central control at many companies showed that satellite or hub organizations will be very doable, and sometimes come with huge cost savings. I know of several Seattle companies setting up entire dev teams (30+) in Canadian cities where they are paying 30-45% premiums and still recognizing similar cost savings. Amazon et al have done this at scale for a while (Seattle -> Vancouver) but it's now viewed as viable for those 300+ person companies that are growing fast, and it's meant demand for tech workers is as hot as the housing markets.
blaser-waffle 5y ago
Same here. I jumped -- new gig starts in 2 weeks -- and I know literally all of my coworkers are actively looking. At least one has an offer (not sure if it's been taken), and another sounds like she's going to have an offer soon.