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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's horrible. My husband was laid off in September, he has networked consistently (many of his contacts are currently laying off workers), keeps applying to anything even remotely reasonable and keeps hitting dead ends. He's an awesome guy and great at what he does (software developer) but he's an introvert and the interview process really rattles his nerves. They keep picking the other guy after multiple interviews rounds.

We were doing so well and had built up a nice nest egg for ourselves with dreams of an early-ish retirement, maybe 6-8 more years for him at his previous salary. Our kids are still young and our retirement plans are disappearing before our eyes each month that goes by. I scrambled to get a new job with better benefits and better pay but I'm still grieving the dream job I had to leave. I feel terrible for him and everyday I hope that a job offer with finally materialize but he's barely even getting interviews at this point. We're both mentally and physically exhausted and it sucks to go into the holidays this way. [/quote]

Yes, it is horrible.  At least twenty of my software developer colleagues and former colleagues, who made at least 250K per year, were laid off in the past eighteen months, and are still struggling to get jobs that even pay 150K per year.  The vast majority of them are 40+, and have been out of work for at least eleven months.  The job market is so bad, and if you're 40+, it is very difficult if not almost possible to land a software developer job these days.  I am still working but I am waiting for the other shoes to drop anytime now.[/quote]

Coming into say we're another family in the same position. I never thought my engineer DH would be laid off and have so much trouble finding a job ..he's brilliant, hardworking, and great to work with. Has a good network who have tried to help but after 4 months not one offer. I fear this may never end at this point, or whatever he gets will be a big step down from where he was before.[/quote]
combination of AI and too many H1bs, so both of those are sucking up all the vacancies and also are the first to get laid off. There needs to be a rull that all H1Bs get culled and deported and only brought back if unemployment is below 0% meaning all avenues to hire US citizens have been exausted. [/quote]

Yep, my dh in tech was laid off over 2 years ago. Has not been back to work in tech. Now does 'consulting' at 1/10th the salary. I also work around tech- from a different side- and it is absolutely filled with non Americans. I hate to sound xenophobic, but it's hard to see when I know my dh and so many of his coworkers have struggled to find work[/quote]

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