Most year-end bonuses should be paid by the end of this month, while many were already
paid out EOY 2000. Since the US stock market is in decline, many people assume their
EOY 2001 bonuses will pale in comparison to 2000's. What better time to look for
greener pastures. [Not including the over-compensated dot com folks who were over-paid
anyway.;-)]
mehryar wrote:
>
> Im not sure about the contract positions but this is traditionally the
> time of the year when people decide its time for a change, its endemic to
> all other types of industries not just the software industry.
> And to alleviate your paranoia a little, a report I read last month said
> software jobs were actually on the increase, rivalling the ever
> hungry system administration job market.
>
> cheers,
> Mehryar
>
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Gunther Birznieks wrote:
>
> > I notice that there have been many more job postings from employment
> > seekers have occurred in the last few weeks versus jobs. Whereas it used to
> > be many more jobs wanting mod_perl vs seekers of jobs.
> >
> > Is this an odd time of year for many contractors where the contract ends
> > around the holiday season? Or is this starting to be a symptom of dotcoms
> > going bust and the development market starting to level out?
> >
> > Or perhaps I am being a bit paranoid. :)
> >
> > u
> >
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