@romanfan250
I work at a grocery store. One of my co-workers used to be a software engineer for Carls Junior. After about a year and a half of nonstop job searching, he now works in the produce department... Let that sink in. Great industry.
@michaelaesparza5804
I have been working as an engineer (photolithography) in the Semiconductor industry since the middle of 1997. Experienced all the ups/downs with layoff's and was hit hard (was at Intel in Chandler, AZ) in 2008 after 5 years and laid off. Since then, I survived 14 years at my present company, which was purchased by an Italian company (2019) and now shutting us down. It has been great working in such an interesting and demanding field but fuck... there never is and never will be certainty. I sent my son to trade school after he couldn't figure out what he wanted to do after a year in college back during covid. What a great decision this was... He is working as a lineman (High Voltage) out in Dallas the last 4 years and is about to become a journeyman. A dangerous job yes, but unlimited work and he pulled in a bit over $153k this past year at 24 years old! I am super proud of him and stoked I don't have to worry about his future. My point is... the trades is the place to go for stability (think bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of Needs pyramid). Just my two cents of experience (I am 51).
@user-xv6ig2yp3z
The annoying part of being laid off, is everyone that’s still employed in your life condescendingly giving the most basic advice as if you’re stupid enough to not know yet. “Update your LinkedIn!”, “Reach out to your network!”, “Update your resume to fit the job!” We are. Why can’t you just accept that maybe the market is terrible instead of simply telling us to be in the 1% of 1% of employees. We’re doing everything we can.
@Jollyprez
Laid-off in February...Have submitted 250+ applications...3 human interviews with HR people...1 tech interview...I'm using this time to do a side-project I've wanted to do for twenty years. Surprised it hasn't been done before, and I hope to sell it to a bigger company at some point. Will be ready at end of summer. Use the time to do what you can.
@n1516-qk4vb
I'm in IT and I've been searching for a job for months. Funny thing is I was always told that my future was guaranteed...
@ofkgjsl
What people did not know about tech - and this is a harsh realization I came to after working there by myself: you get paid a LOT to automate your own work. Tech has been invented to reduce manual work. So one day every program should run on its own. What takes 10 men to build should take one to maintain at the end. Computers were getting more and more efficient in the past 30 years and thats tech industry. Very fast iterations, fast paced, many changes, very quickly saturated job market. It‘s the nature of tech.
@FuriousWeasel-09
I quit my tech job on Monday. As they kept laying people off, the rest of us had to work harder and harder. I finally hit the point where I just couldn't take it anymore. A senior developer quit right before me, and I know many, many others are right on the edge of leaving. Many of us have done well and can retire early, or start a YouTube channel, or freelance, so I'm good with whatever.
@music-jj2pl
I am a software engineer. Not only is getting your foot in the door hard but the interviews have become exponentially more difficult. I don't know how I passed 4 years ago to join my company but now I interview applicants and can't believe what they have to do now. They have to login to an online compiler and write code to solve an obscure problem it has to compile and run and give the correct answer and have an efficient big O number all in 20 min. Impossible
@MelodyProsser
It's not just that these companies are laying off people they just hired, they also have no longer term vision for their company. There is a lack of creative problem-solving at the executive level and whenever they need to save money, they lay off people.
@geecee1990
I've been a software engineer for 30 years. I'd be scared to death to lose my job right now. I have IT friends out there who have been out of work for months. And I understand the ENTIRE job market is crap right now, but you'd think an experienced computer engineer could get a job in no time. Not true right now.
@BladesOfMercy-v3z
Job market is trash for all white collar jobs, not just tech. My background is in Accounting and Finance. I used to be able to go to a temp agency and get a job within a couple weeks. Nowadays even they get ghosted saying they haven't heard back from X company.
@agh0st733
Between jobs being sent overseas and AI taking jobs, it seems like most college graduates wasted their time
@bonefishboards
Electrical Engineer with an MBA and a PMP certification. Make your skill set as broad as possible. I survived recessions in 1991, 2001, 2008, and 2020 and was never jobless. I was laid off, but scored good jobs in tech in different roles in a matter of weeks, at worst case. Make yourself broad and shallow; not narrow and deep. HR is on its way out. AI will replace most HR functions.
@jjcarver80
Job market changes faster than it takes to get a degree. Insanity.
@jollibee9241
I used to work at Intel but I did not like the direction company was going and this channel actually made me think about finding another job and I did. I feel bad for my former colleagues though at Intel.
@smnbrgss
I’m only 26 yo, most of my life I liked the idea of doing something in tech and did a couple semesters of university from 2017-2018 but dropped out spring of 2018. From August 2018-August 2022 I bounced between a few jobs, mainly two grocery stores. From 2021-2022 I spent a year trying to get a job in entry level data entry with no real results. Now coming up on 3 years I’ve been working at a doggy daycare as the best dog handler with no college debt. This latest round of layoffs further cements my gratefulness for not sticking with the IT sector. So now I’m in a position to get a dog trainer certification either this year or next, and could afford pursuing a bachelor’s degree in animal science and a minor of photography with little to no new debt.
@sebastyahn777
I left a full time job for a Contract to Hire, for a Senior role tech, last August. I took a loan to be able to relocate to Kansas City, thinking I would be with the company permanently in December. Instead of hiring me, they extended my contract till March, and hired someone else in my place (I'm sure it was for a lot less). I've been applying to jobs since January, and still haven't landed one interview. I don't understand how companies can be so cruel to their loyal, employees, not even thinking if they would able to feed their families.
@absolutedomain9642
CEO: I want to retain talent in my company. Also CEO: Proceeds to layoff top talent
@damonmusha6504
My wife worked in “big tech” in the Bay Area for 30 years. After getting laid off last year, it’s clear that most tech companies no longer value their employees and many workers are simply “settling for contract gigs” in order to stay in the game. I feel bad for those in their 20’s who want to work in tech.
@ALifeAfterLayoff