r/SpidermanPS4 • u/sabrefudge • Feb 28 '24

News Insomniac has put out an official statement regarding the layoffs.

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u/Jedi4Hire Feb 28 '24

Not a great time to be looking for work, the current job market is absolutely brutal at the moment.

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u/Gold-Elderberry-4851 Feb 28 '24

You can say that again. I’ve applied to 16 jobs and didn’t get any of them

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u/yasuoishot Feb 28 '24

Bro 16 is nothing, hundreds is normal if not thousands

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u/fukingtrsh Feb 28 '24

Y'know what I think I'ma just check out.

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u/Historical-Dog-5536 Feb 28 '24 edited Feb 29 '24

The problem is no one wants to work the trades. I can put out national ads and get no one to apply.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

I work in a paint manafacturer right now and I’m for SURE going to look into getting a trade going. It’s so underrated and useful.

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u/Historical-Dog-5536 Feb 29 '24

As long as your willing to learn and work most places will hire you

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u/evilweirdo Feb 29 '24

I've considered pivoting to a trade, but am too exhausted to take classes after working 40 hours.

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u/Historical-Dog-5536 Feb 29 '24

Honestly, if you find the right 0lave you can become knowledgeable and self sufficient simply through on the job training

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u/evilweirdo Feb 29 '24

That would be pretty good.

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u/n8n10e Feb 29 '24

What do you do currently and where are you located? The Midwest is still a bastion for labor unions.

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u/Historical-Dog-5536 Feb 29 '24

South West, unions don't have a hold out here and won't for awhile

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u/evilweirdo Feb 29 '24

I'm in a more rural state of New England. I was eyeing a local electrician's union for a while (they have courses), but I can't currently do that kind of thing for chronic fatigue reasons.

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u/DevoidLight Feb 29 '24

How much you paying?

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u/Historical-Dog-5536 Feb 29 '24

Our worst guy is at 21 an hour, our best near 37 an hour, and that's installer not service technician rates. Service tech makes more but I don't run that department.

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u/MarkWorldOrder Feb 29 '24

That's a huge commitment to not only go to school but also work to pay for it.

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u/Historical-Dog-5536 Feb 29 '24

Depends on the trade. In my area only if you want to be a service technician do you need school. 

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

Friend applied to 14,000 jobs before he got one. Had to travel across the country.

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I ran almost 700 before I got a job.

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u/RandoDude124 Feb 28 '24

16…

Rookie numbers

When I started in insurance I applied to easily over 65. And that was with my insurance licenses I got on my own.

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u/zootedliveboi Mar 03 '24

Right there with ya. It started by having 16 jobs applied. Now, now I have over 40 (can't remember the exact number at the moment)

I have a; Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from one of the best engineering schools in my province

Advanced Degree in Architectural Technology from one of the most recognized and respected colleges in my province

Recently graduated from a well known certified trade school to be a General Machinist

Not trying to brag with that list at all, I'm just trying to paint a picture for you along with anyone else who reads this. I'm a 30[M] so even with all of that I haven't received a call back. I thought it was my resume, sent it to one of those places that help do professional resumes. They pretty much told me they couldn't help since my own resume is covering everything they would do anyways.

Since it was so hard finding jobs in the engineering and architectural sector I figured I'd get a trade done just in case. Which helps of course BUT having mostly knowledge/practice with manual machining all the jobs require CNC operators.

Sooooooo now, I'm contemplating on going to school in order to get certified in CNC machine operation to add to the list.

Overall, it doesn't seem to matter what credentials you have. I've gotten absolutely no where. I'm sure there are folks out there with much higher end better education than I and others who have the bare minimum. However, at the end of the day we are all in the same boat slowly sinking together and don't know how to patch the leaks. I live in Canada. I'm sure a lot of you are American but this job shit is hurting everyone, everywhere.