I have been in big tech for 8+ year in payments domain working in different functions product, operations and strategy. Recently joined a fintech startup and don’t like it at all. People are not the level I expected, which is very demotivating and I see a fake need of urgency about everything. I started looking for alternatives (not in start ups), but had no success. Seems like most of the companies are very selective about what roles they open and then I guess market is flooded with cheaper talent vs during the pandemic time and pre-pandemic. I see to get at least one recruiter reaching out every month and now it’s almost none. I had couple of interviews scheduled but no significant progress one the recruiter ghosted, another told the role was put on hold until they get an approval for extra HC, still in progress but much slower. How do you see the job market in London progressing and do you see more headcount opening up soon?
It seems as good as ever. Keep getting lots of messages from recruiters on LinkedIn every day.
For FANG tier companies it’s shit. It’s a bloodbath out here.
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I haven't been actively applying, but it's pretty shit right now. Very few open roles at companies with good TC, and I got a very low response rate from the roles I did apply. I got laid off from Meta in the first wave and had to find a job earlier in the year, and I felt the market was a bit better back then tho I had to settle for a pay cut in a small company.