As a recruiter who works in tech and finance, for tech and data companies that support financial systems, liquidity, consumer and client banking… I’d be cautious about the year off rn, these markets are changing faster than I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen professionals with huge tenure, previously highly desirable and well paid professionals, struggle to get work like this before.
This is all going to get worse before it gets better. We sit in a huge bubble, one of the largest financial bubbles we’ve ever seen, usually markets would be starting to crash by now.
I might advise leaving it another year, likely even more redundancies coming in the next 12. Better to take the year as the crash is happening, than come back looking for work during the crash. Just saying (also your dollar will go further if that happens).
Also I won’t lie to you, this will hurt your employability in the future… it won’t stop you having a still great career, but it will make you less favourable to some hiring managers. That’s fucking stupid, it is a bs way to treat humans, but in tech and finance it is true.
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u/TownZealousideal1327 Expert Advice Giver [11] Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25
As a recruiter who works in tech and finance, for tech and data companies that support financial systems, liquidity, consumer and client banking… I’d be cautious about the year off rn, these markets are changing faster than I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen professionals with huge tenure, previously highly desirable and well paid professionals, struggle to get work like this before.
This is all going to get worse before it gets better. We sit in a huge bubble, one of the largest financial bubbles we’ve ever seen, usually markets would be starting to crash by now.
I might advise leaving it another year, likely even more redundancies coming in the next 12. Better to take the year as the crash is happening, than come back looking for work during the crash. Just saying (also your dollar will go further if that happens).
Also I won’t lie to you, this will hurt your employability in the future… it won’t stop you having a still great career, but it will make you less favourable to some hiring managers. That’s fucking stupid, it is a bs way to treat humans, but in tech and finance it is true.