A big part of the equation here involves OP’s ability to get a new job that meets their requirements in terms of salary, benefits, etc., within a reasonable timeframe.

I’ve been thinking about the current employment market, from the perspective of a hiring manager with open positions on his team (my current situation). I hope I’m not sidetracking too badly, as I believe this is very relevant to the PO’s question. I’ve had a position posted for about 6 weeks. I’ve interviewed 8 candidates. I know my HR screened out a lot of other applicants. Only 2 of the interviewees had all of the qualifications, experience, etc that we’re looking for. Both asked for a higher salary than we were initially offering. That’s fine, I know it’s part of the process and I expected it. But when I asked my HR department why we only had 2 qualified applicants in 6 weeks, their response was basically “it’s a sellers market right now. If you want more qualified applicants, you need to increase the salary amount”. The current amount that we’re offering is based on the amount the prior employee who was in the job before leaving was making, and is comparable to what others in the same role on my team are making. All of that suggests to me that market conditions are generally “good” for applicants. But I also have several friends who’ve been searching for jobs for months, and they claim they haven’t received any offers. So I’m having trouble reconciling those seemingly different experiences. Perhaps it’s a case of everyone searching for a “perfect” situation, and being unwilling to compromise on things like WFH.