I wake up with a raging headache, already stressing over Monday. This place has a hold of me even on weekends. And please don't tell me I should just leave. I know that. I've been trying to for over a year. The jobs are simply not there.
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The jobs are there but, you just aren't willing to accept them.
You sinners should wake up on sundays and go to church for some spiritual food and guidance. Ge-z
If everyone hates you, it's going to be hard. We need a light like the Bat-Signal. The perfect job to get from A to B to C.
You need referrals for jobs. I don’t think cold applying is going to help in this market.
@c5 I've searched high and low. One of the jobs I applied for was in a different industry (fintech) and two months after applying I got an auto-response that they had 500+ applications for the positions and still sifting through it. Obviously depends on where you are but I think overall the job market is sh---y just about everywhere. Unfortunately.
@b7 you might need to jump industries. Or look at smaller tech companies. There are many that will treat you better and compensate as well or better.
90+ people apply for each job posting at big tech companies (HP, Lenovo, NetApp, Cisco, NVIDIA, etc.) - and this industry currently has the highest layoff rate. So, even if you land with one, it may not last.
@b9 Haha, yeah, I suppose that's it right? Apparently that's about what the "dell experience" is good for.
@b7 clean the turlets
@a6 Tell me where I can find 100 jobs a week that has even remotely the same salary level and I'll get on it.
Don't get me wrong. I'm sure Dell is not the most well paid job ever but fact of the matter is that Dell is not the only company going through the same sh-t and applying for jobs cleaning toilets is not exactly of interest.
@am easier said than done but you’re not wrong. There’s just so much extra BS to deal with especially with ODW but don’t give them any more of your time/life. It’s their mess and it’s just going to get messier and they need to see how bad they allowed things to get
What has helped me with the stress, just work the 8 hour day and nothing more. No logging on in the evening or weekends. Play the game with the metrics.
The jobs are there, you just need to really focus and dedicate the time needed to get a new one.
How many hours a day do you spend on your job search?
How many hours per week?
How much time over this past weekend have you dedicated to your job search?
How much time today?
I see posts on here where people are whining about having "sent out over 100 resumes, and still no offer!" as if 100 is an astronomical number. Newsflash: you should be sending out at least 100 resumes a WEEK. That's 14 per day. If you can't find the time for that, your absolute minimum sent per day should be 10. Are you hitting those numbers on a daily basis?
It's exhausting working at a soul-sukking job, no doubt about it.
But jobs ARE available.
You just have to force yourself every single day, no matter what to expend the effort to really go all in on the job search, so your chances increase for interviews and offers.
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The jobs are definitely there, hence why so many top performers are leaving