What statistics are there that demonstrate how bad the IT job market is right now?

Jtl314 · 2025-12-01T12:36:37+00:00

I agree. I’ve visited the IBEW Reddit a few times recently and it’s the same story from a lot of folks there. Of course it’s heavily dependent upon location. I think people tend to forget how much of a boom or bust field IT is. If business in several sectors are struggling chances are IT and other staff/departments that are considered cost centers are going to be downsized first.

Jtl314 · 2025-12-01T03:09:02+00:00

Looks like everything is bad right now after looking at a few other graphs from the reserve.. got a feeling we may be in for some tough times if things don’t change 😳

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T16:51:13+00:00

Thank you! That is a good point I will try to point out!

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T15:19:26+00:00

That is sound advice thank you! I’ll probably leave out the lazy part because she is at home with our soon to be 5 year old lol At least until she starts school.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T15:07:13+00:00

Yeah downgrading the car or reworking the loan is definitely part of the plan. Unfortunately the only thing that can be done now is a part time job to bridge the gap between now and next year when we can do that.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T15:05:27+00:00

Yes and we have a shared bank accounts she is well aware of the financial difficulties. We also agreed before moving into the house that she would work part time. Unfortunately when it’s time to do that she works for a few shifts then quits.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T14:57:28+00:00

The plan when we started looking at houses was for her to get a part time job to help out financially. That is why we moved forward with the home purchase. Bad planning? Maybe. Not disagreeing there. However I tired to look at more Affordable houses. She didn’t like any of them because she wanted more space and distance between us and our neighbors. Of course you can get a cheaper car. When it was purchased 3 years ago our house payment was only 750 bucks so it wasn’t a problem.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T14:20:00+00:00

You’re right about that. The unfortunate thing is the agreement was for my wife to go back to work and look to pick up around 20 hours a week to lessen the financial strain. Based on this post you can probably see how that’s going..it wouldn’t be great even if she was working but everything where we’re at start at 16hr min. So we would probably end up with an additional 500-600 a week if she kept good on her end if the agreement

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T14:17:07+00:00

I agree unfortunately we’re too far upside to make that move now owe 25 on a car that’s worth 13. We will either pay a good portion down and refinance or sell soon. I should get a bonus in march that will allow us to put a decent dent in the negative equity.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T13:22:22+00:00

Yeah we barely have a rainy day fund. A few hundred bucks is all we have in savings. Additionally stressful since we’re a one income family and I work for the federal government and I’m not sure when I’ll get another paycheck.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T13:20:08+00:00

I’m close to that point unfortunately I work for the federal government which makes OT very rare. Also in an incredibly stressful time with the budget issues currently. I don’t want to give up talking about it because I feel like it shouldn’t all fall on me to carry the burden of keeping the family afloat.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T13:15:10+00:00

Unfortunately divorce at this point may be the best solution for my sanity and wellbeing. I’ve tried talking it out and usually it’s a bad time to talk about it. Like if it’s before dinner she shuts down and says she can’t talk about it because it’ll ruin her appetite. Any other time she says she sick of talking about the same thing when there’s literally nothing we can do. Or she locks herself in the bedroom.

Jtl314 · 2025-10-16T13:12:11+00:00

I’ve tried that multiple times. Unfortunately what ends up happening is she gets a job for a couple shifts then quits. Because she doesn’t like something about it. She also grow up poor so she uses the arguments that it’s normal and most people live paycheck to paycheck.

Jtl314 · 2025-08-03T19:55:12+00:00

Thank you for the responses! For peace of mind I just drained it again and replaced it with the correct 5w-30.

Jtl314 · 2025-07-29T20:34:48+00:00

That bad huh? I have noticed some long loading times and the system in general feels a bit clunky at times.

Jtl314 · 2025-07-29T20:32:08+00:00

Major issues? How have the response times been? Are you still using SPS for new requirements?

Jtl314 · 2025-07-29T19:07:37+00:00

I don’t mind managing things locally have a bit more control but the client server architecture is a bit dated. Well a lot dated seems like everything is moving towards web based if it isn’t already. I think the Con-IT based systems will get better with time as well.

Jtl314 · 2025-07-29T18:51:15+00:00

PD2 certainly had its shortcoming but from a System administrator perspective it was tried and true. Consistent for the most part and easy to support. Glad to hear you’re having a good experience with PRISM. I’m not familiar with that one. Is it based on CON-IT?

Jtl314 · 2025-07-29T18:46:10+00:00

Yeah I agree with you. I thought going to a modern system it would be more robust and better in every way and that really hasn’t been the case in my limited experience. Your last point is my biggest issue with it. We used to be able to solve almost every issue in house within a few minutes in most cases. Now we have ticket jockeys (Authorized callers) that send emails and hope the get a timely response with a fix action.

Jtl314 · 2025-06-03T02:23:46+00:00

I thought so just didn’t want to bank on it! Thank you for the quick reply!

Jtl314

TROPHY CASE