What the job market is really costing people.
How long you’ve really been out of work, how many applications, and what it’s costing you. Answered anonymously. Tell the story you can’t tell on LinkedIn.
The record, so far
111 people have told us where they stand.
Tech is having its hardest years, and the cost is landing on us.
Which of these is you?
Find the people who do what you do, and where they stand.
Financial runway, months before the money runs out — 1 to 3: 28%; 3 to 6: 22%; 6 to 12: 19%; 12+: 31%.
- Staying in tech33%
- Considering leaving41%
- Retraining or applying outside14%
- Already left12%
“Have switched careers to just be able to live as the salary is 33% what tech was.”
Read this story →“After 3 years of searching, my life is destroyed in every way: insolvent, marriage problems, health problems, dreams gone.”
Read this story →“There is no safety net after my last bit of money from sold assets is gone.”
Read this story →“Ghosting, demanding free work product after one phone conversation.”
Read this story →“Now I have no idea what I’m qualified for that isn’t tech.”
Read this story →“282 applications since the second of June. 103 rejections. Three conversations with an actual human being.”
Read this story →“I have over 15 years of experience, high potential, succession plans had my name on them. Why can't I even get a recruiter to talk to me?”
Read this story →“I never thought I'd end up not being able to apply my skills and have to get a normal job for minimum wage at my age.”
Read this story →All 60 who wrote something →This is hard and humbling. And you are heard.