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It is a tough job market. Minus the very top echelon of talent, switching jobs today is a lot more challenging than in the past. Management knows this and can s

• bdangubic 8mo ago
  it is management that is successfully convincing people that it is a tough job market - it is not - it is same as before. I am a contractor, have more work offered than I can take (same as before, maybe even slightly more). four friends/former colleagues got new jobs since the beginning of December, each had multiple offers and got decent to significant pay increases compared to previous positions.
  • rythmshifter 8mo ago
    14 months can’t find IT ops remote work
    • 486sx33 8mo ago
      [dead]
    • mrgoldenbrown 8mo ago
      I think remote work peaked and is slowly declining now, for better or worse.
      • bdangubic 7mo ago
        remote work is pretty much done, if you are looking for 100% remote work you'll have a very hard time finding it unless you get a job through a referral of a former colleague or something like that
  • lovich 8mo ago
    If we’re doing anecdata I haven’t been able to get w-2 work in over a year and have been taking sporadic contract work. I’m several hundred applications in and have hired a recruitment firm to help me find positions. Multiple companies where I referred by friends of mine declined to even phone screen and then those respective friends reported that the position was closed and they were given zero info as to what was happening.