Americans are the most pessimistic they've been in years about their chances of finding a new job if they lost their current one, a survey suggests.
  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I have no earthly clue what world economists are living in where the labor market is great.

    I’ve been looking for a job for over a year (in tech, over a dozen years as an SDE, a dozen more as a TPM, lead role in both titles). Whenever I can get an employer to actually respond to the hundreds of applications I send, their salary offerings are a joke.

    Are people just out there taking 20% - 30% haircuts on what they make?

    • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      What industry? I’m more of less in the same boat as you. I’m in tech, and this articles assessment seems pretty spot on from my perspective.

      • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Yeah, tech. Updated my original comment to clarify.

        Honestly, the bit from the article that rang most accurate was this:

        Lastly, it’s possible that many Americans think the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s job opening figures are overstated. For example, some job seekers have reported encountering “ghost jobs” — listings on job platforms that companies are no longer actively hiring for.

        I’ve been keeping track of the roles I’ve gone after (well within qualification for) and I’m seeing a lot of re-listings for roles that closed out my application (with no outreach) and just relisted the req after a few weeks, over and over again.

        I’m not saying the listings are fake, but if they were fake, this is pretty much what it would look like from the outside.