Tech brehs, is the job market actually terrible or is it just leveling out/cutting filler rn?

[desjardins]

My last company was Fortune 500. But would routinely hire people to complete projects nobody internally wanted to touch. Then make up an excuse to fire or layoff thevperson once all the heavy lifting was done. People would relocate for a role that was meant to only last a few years at most.

I worked at a major bank that hired like 15 new contractors for a project that wasn't even sold and approved
People moved from other states , transferred their kids into new schools and all that. All of them got laid off the first week they started because the project fell through.
The FTE employees basically sat around for a month or two doing busy work like writing new unit tests until they worked out a new project for us to work on

 

[ViShawn]

There was a lot of hiring during 2021 - 2022 during the great resignation.

I was on a job hunt a few months back and I was worried because there were a lot of tech layoffs and my role is specialized.

Theres definitely less jobs in the market now. Development Teams getting wiped out as well as supporting teams that help out tech roles. Companies are trying to make money for their shareholders and that's all that matters it seems. With rising costs that means companies are doing the same or more work with less people. Not the best market right now.

 

[Kooley_High]

It's a lot of fake job postings. Tech Market is horrible right now.

Where are you looking? JP Morgan, Amazon, and Capital One have a bunch of software jobs posted. And those are only 3 companies. Those arent fake

 

[HoldThisL]

Contract workers like me eating good, complete a project for good pay and then dip on to the next one .

 

[Kuma the Bear]

It's absolutely trash and not just in tech either.
I recently started a new job after six months of searching.

 

[SheWantTheD]

Who told you they were able to land a programming job with no degree, no boot camp, base code knowledge etc lol

in the interview process your knowledge of data structures, different programming languages etc will be put to the test. And that’s if you even get to the interview.

 

[YoungSimpson]

Contract workers like me eating good, complete a project for good pay and then dip on to the next one .

How are you finding contract jobs?

 

[HoldThisL]

How are you finding contract jobs?

Look up it management consultant companies.

 

[RageKage]

It's flat I was told next year and teams can be stretched thin for a while but all working on good stuff. Mixed bag

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Entry level positions are still available but it’s competitive

 

[Json]

I’m not in tech but I remember after the 08 cut backs the problem really was there were a backlog of people with new degrees graduating every semester vs people with experience but companies bot wanting to compensate them adequately for that experience.

 

[Snoopy Loops]

Idk about this h1b talk. These companies arent tryna sponsor anyone. Its way less of a hassle to hire US citizen/permanent resident than to go the h1b route. Tech industry just cooled off

 

[ViShawn]

There was a hiring spree in 2022. I think there's some level of correction but also economic uncertainty.

 

[Geek Nasty]

It's a lot of fake job postings. Tech Market is horrible right now.

I've heard the fake jobs have been here for a while, I don't really know how the market is. Thankfully I haven't had to search lately knock on wood.

 

[September]

Outsourcing is really fukking up the game imo and it can be so hard to work with Indian talent sometimes. God forgive me, but many are just slow af and you have to explain shyt a thousand times and they’ll still take a minute to get it or not do things right the first time.

But they’ll work 18 hours for 20% of the salary a company would need to pay an American so I don’t see it stopping anytime soon.

Companies are in cost cutting > efficiency mode.