And So The Exodus Begins...

In other words, the job market's begun to pick back up.

We've had a few people from my team at work resign in the last week or so (this is just my team, not even the whole department), and given that it's now mid-November and December/January are traditionally the quiet/Christmas period where people don't job hop as much, I'm expecting a continuation of this through February/March next year.

Am I surprised people are moving? No. There's not been as much work around for the last 12 months so when the market picks up of course people will move with it. One of the big reasons is money; during a market downturn nobody does payrises and people fall behind the market average. The longer they stay put, the further behind they can fall. And eventually everyone reaches a point where they realise they need to move on, so they do.

My workplace seems to still be following the "we're not doing payrises" line and they've been saying it long enough that it's a bit of a gripe for employees who've been here a while and haven't seen an increase in a couple of years.

To those who've handed in notice, best of luck and enjoy the change of scenery. No, it's not as good as a holiday, but it's definitely not a bad thing.