But here’s the thing: Employers will still pay for top talent.I was laid off at the end of March this year and found myself job-hunting in the U.K.
at a time when tech jobs were hardly abundant. But what I found interesting was that the open roles I discovered were willing to pay at the top-end of market rate.
For full-time offers I received, I negotiated up as usual and met no resistance. The same is true for the consulting work I took on while I was job-hunting.
The fact that I was able to successfully push back on companies offering work showed me that even in these trying times, employers are still willing to spend on securing talent.