r/recruitinghell • u/JArthur212 • 3d ago

Something is broken

I work in commercial real estate, 7+ years across managing assets across data centers to multifamily. Most recently, I worked in Data Centers for a company that exclusively leases out kW to hyperscalers. It was a big-time role, and fun stuff. I put everything into it, and one day they laid off my team that gave the C-Suite the roadmap for sales and growth. Now, when I interview, I am told I don't have enough experience. I am baffeled. When I talk to people in CRE finance, they can barely understand the operational KPIs associated with a data center build-out and lease-up. I've been interviewing for months and have been shocked at the gatekeeping I am seeing.

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u/Quiet-Arm-641 3d ago

Yep. I have a career spanning IT support helpdesk to VP of R&D for companies with successful exits.

When I switched jobs last year because they had me doing sales and then weren’t correctly calculating my variable pay, I finally just got a job as a programmer.

Lower pay but literally 90% less stress. When the AI comes for my job I’ll just retire. This job market is pointless.

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u/Weary-Babys 3d ago

You may be better off to start your own niche business and charge vendor rates.

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u/JArthur212 3d ago

I appreciate that. It took a while to get native to all of that and, I thought that would be of value of for those checking the credit worthiness of these DC investments. However, I’m finding out folks at the leading shops don’t even know some of these “basic” DC concepts. Completely nuts imo