My workplace had become super toxic and I’m desperate for another job, but the market is abysmal. I’m hoping for a miracle, because I want out of my current job asap
So much the same. In this market I would rather stick around with the devil I know beii have a good reputation and network. I don’t want to be the new person somewhere else should things go sideways. Grated, I am very much on the chopping block at my current employer given the waves of layoffs and “performance frings” that have been happening…
I feel like I could also be on the chopping block if my employer decides that they’re done with me. The only thing going for me is that it’s a small company and our growth in clientele alone is keeping me employed. If we are down by one person, we are absolutely slammed with work. It’s ridiculous.
I can’t leave my geographic area for very good reasons, and I will in IT support. I’m experienced enough to be a “senior” support tech. But the average going rate in my area for my job is about 60k/yr. That sounds great until I tell you that I’m in Canada and that’s Canadian dollars, which is about 43k/yr USD.
The state of the market here is embarrassing and I can’t find jobs hiring for remote workers, or anything local enough that I could feasibly commute, that pays enough for it to be worth it to even apply.
If I do find a posting that’s close it’s a 1.5hr commute away and pays about the same as my current work from home gig… Despite the toxicity, why would I take a job I need to spend an additional 3+ hours in a car to do the same work, with potentially the same toxicity, for the same pay?
im not surprised programming and IT has been marketed to india for a long time, as they see as the most stable job out there. Indians do go for grad schools(ms, MD) but those are usually a different set, usually more well off class of indians.
In in the same boat as you, right down to the industry. Except I’m in the US and I’m only experienced enough to be a level 2 tech.
I have a friend tracking down a hybrid position lead at his company, but the commute for the in person days would be 1.5 hrs at least one way. He’s going to be seeing what the pay is and how many days I’d need to be in the office so I know if it’d be worth it. I don’t want to waste my time and the time of his coworkers if the pay and schedule wouldn’t be right.
seems like alot of tech and biotech have commutes equally around 1.5hrs on average 1 way with public transportation. alot of them seemed to based outside of major cities.
I live outside of a large city and would be commuting into it. Wanting to live kinda rural and work in tech was not a good idea, but I’m in too deep now. -_-
oh yea in west coast thats where the tech/biotech buildings are. just not easy commute, even with a car is somewhat painful unless you can find something in the city you are living in.
I’m in the easterm part of the country on top of everything else. In a very poor area. I’m looking at a commute if I can’t find a remote position. I currently work fully remote because I am very immunocompromised. I’m terrified of even hybrid positions getting me ill. I caught a cold that’s slowly turning into pneumonia and I just can’t fight it off. I have the feeling I’m going to end up hospitalized from it.
Considering I’ve been doing this stuff for over a decade and have met less than a handful of people with the same technical expertise as I have, and I haven’t met anyone that’s more skilled… I’m pretty sure I should be making at least 6 figures… Nobody will pay that much for what I do.
I’m not trying to brag or anything. It’s just that I keep ending up in the position of having to educate everyone around me on how things actually work, and how to fix them. I spend more time in the bowels of Windows operating systems that the registry makes sense to me.
I end up doing both and then management sees a gap in my time entries where I was helping someone, and they come down on me for not doing enough.
It’s as if, if I’m not doing billable tasks, then I’m lazy and I’m not working… Because y’know, I show up to work and just fuck around all day unless I’m being watched constantly by management.
Yo I totally get that time entry shit. I get automatic hate mail from my boss if I don’t hit 6 hrs of billable time. There’s a lot of unbillable duties I do in my position, so a lot of days I don’t hit my 6 and it’s annoying as fuck.
My boss is also a passive aggressive pos that I could rant about all day.
i was going to say, 60k is pretty low for it, its usually around 100k in the us on average. but i suspect its mostly HCOL areas that are paying that much. i know colleges and universities around me pay around the same as your CANadian job, like 45k starting.
My workplace had become super toxic and I’m desperate for another job, but the market is abysmal. I’m hoping for a miracle, because I want out of my current job asap
So much the same. In this market I would rather stick around with the devil I know beii have a good reputation and network. I don’t want to be the new person somewhere else should things go sideways. Grated, I am very much on the chopping block at my current employer given the waves of layoffs and “performance frings” that have been happening…
I feel like I could also be on the chopping block if my employer decides that they’re done with me. The only thing going for me is that it’s a small company and our growth in clientele alone is keeping me employed. If we are down by one person, we are absolutely slammed with work. It’s ridiculous.
I’m much the same.
I can’t leave my geographic area for very good reasons, and I will in IT support. I’m experienced enough to be a “senior” support tech. But the average going rate in my area for my job is about 60k/yr. That sounds great until I tell you that I’m in Canada and that’s Canadian dollars, which is about 43k/yr USD.
The state of the market here is embarrassing and I can’t find jobs hiring for remote workers, or anything local enough that I could feasibly commute, that pays enough for it to be worth it to even apply.
If I do find a posting that’s close it’s a 1.5hr commute away and pays about the same as my current work from home gig… Despite the toxicity, why would I take a job I need to spend an additional 3+ hours in a car to do the same work, with potentially the same toxicity, for the same pay?
I fucking hate everything.
Housing is absurd here, and IT is already saturated and now they are inviting the H1B workers here to virtue signal.
What a clown show
im not surprised programming and IT has been marketed to india for a long time, as they see as the most stable job out there. Indians do go for grad schools(ms, MD) but those are usually a different set, usually more well off class of indians.
In in the same boat as you, right down to the industry. Except I’m in the US and I’m only experienced enough to be a level 2 tech.
I have a friend tracking down a hybrid position lead at his company, but the commute for the in person days would be 1.5 hrs at least one way. He’s going to be seeing what the pay is and how many days I’d need to be in the office so I know if it’d be worth it. I don’t want to waste my time and the time of his coworkers if the pay and schedule wouldn’t be right.
seems like alot of tech and biotech have commutes equally around 1.5hrs on average 1 way with public transportation. alot of them seemed to based outside of major cities.
I live outside of a large city and would be commuting into it. Wanting to live kinda rural and work in tech was not a good idea, but I’m in too deep now. -_-
oh yea in west coast thats where the tech/biotech buildings are. just not easy commute, even with a car is somewhat painful unless you can find something in the city you are living in.
I’m in the easterm part of the country on top of everything else. In a very poor area. I’m looking at a commute if I can’t find a remote position. I currently work fully remote because I am very immunocompromised. I’m terrified of even hybrid positions getting me ill. I caught a cold that’s slowly turning into pneumonia and I just can’t fight it off. I have the feeling I’m going to end up hospitalized from it.
Considering I’ve been doing this stuff for over a decade and have met less than a handful of people with the same technical expertise as I have, and I haven’t met anyone that’s more skilled… I’m pretty sure I should be making at least 6 figures… Nobody will pay that much for what I do.
I’m not trying to brag or anything. It’s just that I keep ending up in the position of having to educate everyone around me on how things actually work, and how to fix them. I spend more time in the bowels of Windows operating systems that the registry makes sense to me.
Damn that really sucks. I’m sorry you aren’t appreciated for your skills and have to take on the role of teacher instead of doing your actual work.
I end up doing both and then management sees a gap in my time entries where I was helping someone, and they come down on me for not doing enough.
It’s as if, if I’m not doing billable tasks, then I’m lazy and I’m not working… Because y’know, I show up to work and just fuck around all day unless I’m being watched constantly by management.
Yo I totally get that time entry shit. I get automatic hate mail from my boss if I don’t hit 6 hrs of billable time. There’s a lot of unbillable duties I do in my position, so a lot of days I don’t hit my 6 and it’s annoying as fuck.
My boss is also a passive aggressive pos that I could rant about all day.
i was going to say, 60k is pretty low for it, its usually around 100k in the us on average. but i suspect its mostly HCOL areas that are paying that much. i know colleges and universities around me pay around the same as your CANadian job, like 45k starting.
Yeah. 45k starting.
I’ve been doing the job for over a decade.