alt Hacker NewsI feel like some HN posters simply read news and don't work in the industry and have actual insights on what's happening.
Like Hydac moved some of there assembly from China to Germany.
A company in the district nearby, just moved their whole production from Thailand back to here. Yes, production costs are higher. But there is not transportation costs. They don't have long lead times anymore and can react more better to demand. So the overall costs assessment lead to the decision it is better to have production here locally.
I recommend to go to SPS, Agritechnica, and so and talk to actual people.
BTW: Even as Continental has layoff. There are other companies around that happily absorb those people. Because 2 years back, that had problems employing people.
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I’m sure there is one or another company generating employment. I didn’t stated something different. Did I?
I just named a fact. I know people in at least 3 different companies in the list that lost their job last year, and many others which are in the list until 2030. The people that lost their jobs are/were more than 1 year searching. I’m talking with many “actual people” in different industries, and it is not looking very bright…
Most of the open positions is management of projects in other parts of the world. I see almost no development in SW or electronics going on here, much less production.
>that had problems employing people
Who is "that" in this context? Can you be more specific.
>Even as Continental has layoff
Not just Conti, but all major automotive suppliers, semiconductor, embedded companies spread across Europe had mass layoffs.
And not everyone was quickly absorbed. I have EE friends almost a year unemployed after the layoffs. They apply but only get rejections, not sure why. It's a bloodbath right now in industries in high-CoL regions.
> that had problems employing people.
If possible I would like to know what positions and how much they were offering.
I had offerings for a manager position, 15 people, responsibility for the 15, including in house training of them, and part responsibility in the 5 different projects these people were working on. They wanted somebody with background in HW development, 10 years experience in FPGA, experience of at least 5 years Linux driver development, cryptography, at least 5 years managing people.
Wait for it… they offered 80k/year. I don’t know… seems little bit low somebody with like 20 years experience.