Tech Workers in Higher Demand

mjdroner writes "CNN has a story on an employment consulting firm report showing job cuts in the tech sector are down 40 percent." From the article: "Despite the inevitable job-cutting that typically follows mergers, the job market picture for the nation's tech workers is definitely improving. Many job seekers in high-demand fields such as storage systems administration and information security are probably finding themselves in the driver's seat when it comes to negotiating employment terms"

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It certainly isn't, is it?

[khasim]

I realize thinking is not a pre-requisit to posting.

Well, it certainly appears that way, doesn't it?

However, realize that job cuts are a fact of life. Period. Even in the best of markets, some company is cutting jobs.

Yes they are.

But in the best of times, the demand for those workers exceeds the supply so those job cuts translate to changes of employer.

And even in the worst markets, some company somewhere is hiring.

Yes, it might not be for your job. It might not be something you're qualified to do. But somewhere, someone is hiring. Burger flipping and prostitution seem popular.

Basically, this means that the hole in the bottom of the bucket is smaller.

That's what I said.

The hole has gotten smaller, but there is still a hole. That is not "hot demand".

And, if you follow other news, you will realize that hiring has picked up.

That's great. Of course, TFA kind of contradicts that.

If hiring is picking up, why are companies still laying off the employees?

So, yes, a decrease in job cuts is good news.

If by "good news" you mean ...

"We have good news! The cancer will only take both your legs right now and kill you in about 20 years."

As opposed to:
"I have good news! I won the lottery!"

I guess it all comes down to what you want to define as "good news".

Which is why I chose to illustrate the point with my "executions" example. Everything is positive ... if you start from a sufficiently negative point of view.

But that's just a semantic game. What really matters is the human cost. And that shows that, even though things aren't as bad as they were before, they are still bad and people are still losing their jobs.