I work in construction and the entire industry is a hot mess because they don't want to pay anyone enough. There is a huge need for estimators (my role) but they're still looking for people willing to work for 2015 wages.
My manager left early in the pandemic and they refused to hire anyone else, even though we were already a skeleton crew with 3 people. Now I'm so fed up I'm looking at jobs and talking to hiring managers for what I actually went to school for, which is mechanical engineering. I was getting so depressed thinking of doing this stupid job even for another company so I had to branch out.
I actually got a direct line to a hiring manager that sounds very interested in me and I'm so excited to finally have an opportunity to use my degree because my current job is beneath me. I just can't wait to see the look on my president's face when he realizes he's going to lose 50% of my department, the one who even gets customers in the door by estimating and giving them pricing. My whole department could collapse as I walk out the door because of how they”ve turned every member of this skeleton business into a pillar but I am years past the point of caring.