I guess the question for me (which I don’t know) is is there or is there not an unemployment or underemployment problem in San Diego? ,I’m not seeing massive hiring, but I’m not seeing massive layoffs either (at least not in tech). We lost of a few people recently because they decided to pursue startups. So things can’t look that bad… I don’t know really at this point.
What’s other’s people’s employment experience here? Is there a jobs problem in SD?[/quote]
My employer did layoffs pretty heavily last year and the year before. I’m still in touch with a few effected folks. One is back in school because he couldn’t find work, and 2 are doing contract work, less than full time.
My husband continues to be part time because there isn’t quite enough work for full time. Architecture continues to be less than booming on the commercial side.
All of this suggests underemployment is an issue.[/quote]
UG, if you don’t mind me asking, how much do you think your friends/colleagues that are in this situation are underemployed by in terms of % off from full time income.
Also, out of the people you know, what percentage of people are in this category versus at a full time gig with relatively same salary (+- 10% lets say)….
We know that two years ago, it was pretty bad, expecially for MOT/MMI people. Have most of these people recovered already, or are most of these people still underemployed/unemployed? And it’s about people here in SD, right? Not at other MOT/MMI locations… I’m mainly interested in the “pulse” here in SD… I’ve been kinda out of touch lately, so I haven’t been following as closely…
