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They must be. I’ve been out much much longer than 3 months and I’m ruined now.

I’ve had recruiters contact me talking about these roles they had that look like a perfect fit, nearly all of them ghosted me before any interview could happen.

It’s totally an employers market now. Out of the few interviews I’ve managed to scrap together most have been shockingly hostile, feeling more like an interrogation than an interview. And I’m not just talking about tech companies, even the non tech companies seem to be doing this now.

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There's a worker's rights movement sweeping large parts of the workforce right now. Businesses are being defensive, trying to lower expectations. It's a bit of a game of chicken; they're not actually "making due", but if they show their weakness, it gives labor an advantage. So they're feigning strength.

> Businesses are being defensive, trying to lower expectations. It's a bit of a game of chicken;

They’re going to win. They have a much bigger war chest than me.

Labor can shut everything down, working collectively. And it seems like they're trying. I wouldn't count them out.

In the US? There’s nearly zero collective action in the US.

Union participation in the US is a rounding error.

Well, there was a what, hundred year effort to poison the reputation of unions—which absolutely succeeded. But management won so completely, that labor is starting to remember why they created unions in the first place.

Which is to say: you're right, but times may be changing.

That trend is reversing.

There is a UPS strike right around the corner. More than 340,000 workers are set to go on strike on August 1 & they have hundreds of millions saved in strike funds.

Every actor and writer in Hollywood is also on strike against the big studios.

Unionizing is happening at its fastest clip in decades right now.

It took me six, and I had to accept a contract-to-hire position. I’m feeling pretty fortunate nonetheless, as it’s in an industry I wanted to get into, but it will still be another relief when I (hopefully) get that W-4.

Don’t lose hope. Things can seem hopeless until one day, they aren’t.

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