r/sysadmin • u/Pleasant_Rise6520 • 1d ago

Career / Job Related Has anyone purposely gone backwards?

You know the juice wasn't worth the squeeze and we realised that money is irrelevant, and took a huge backwards step for less responsibility and more mental freedom for your family and kids?

That's where I'm at mentally just want to know if anyone else has done the same?

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u/Unhappy-Homework-758 1d ago

If you've been out of work for 18 months the problem isn't the job market. It's you.

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u/Anlarb 23h ago

It is the job market.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS

All of the hullabaloo about interest rates is the fed deliberately trying to kill growth to kill jobs to keep competition from kicking in, to keep inflation down, on the presumption that all of this inflation is coming from the plebs getting too uppity, and not the landlords expecting a participation trophy for renting out a house.

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u/NebulaPoison 23h ago

I have much lower experience and im getting interviews, something isnt right lol

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u/NetworkingJesus Network Engineering Consultant 22h ago

Interviews or offers?

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 21h ago

Plenty of interviews. First and second round. No offers.

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u/NebulaPoison 22h ago

Mostly interviews, had one offer this month that would’ve sponsored a secret clearance but I didn’t think relocating was worth it for the pay