RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Just because companies – particularly in the tech sector – are making layoffs doesn’t mean they have stopped hiring. And even workers being cut loose in many cases are not staying unemployed very long. Those are among the reasons why so many leading companies across the Triangle are continuing to post open jobs.

Let’s take a look.

Pendo, a so-called “unicorn” emerging startup with a valuation of $1 billion or more, made headlines recently with a number of layoffs. But the company still has “Help Wanted” listings.

“We have 900+ employees globally. We haven’t made any additional layoffs,” says Pendo’s Laura Baverman. “And yes, we are still hiring for select roles. You can find them all on our careers page.”

Meanwhile, Jessica Mitcsh (the founder and CEO of tech training firm Momentum in Durham) says her company is staying very busy helping people find new jobs. She’s often in touch with companies and job seekers. And she has seen a very interesting trend that should give hope to tech workers who have been laid off.

“I think there’s general excitement that layoffs from the tech giants will make great talent available for the rest of the industry,” Mitsch says. “I don’t foresee any talented people who’ve recently been laid off from big tech firms having a problem finding a new role.”

Demand for tech workers remains very high in the Triangle and North Carolina as shown by the latest IT Job Trends report from the North Carolina Technology Association. And as you can see in the following list, positions are posted at a wide range of Triangle companies.

As the chart (below) shows nearly half the companies have as many or more open jobs than reported months ago.

High-tech job openings in NC climb to new high, surge in Triangle

Where are the jobs in the Triangle?

  • Amazon: 11 job openings in the Triangle, though some roles can be done remotely, according to the company’s career page.  That’s down from 54 openings from a month ago, with the company announcing last week that it would pause hiring new corporate roles until 2023 and reported layoffs at the company. In addition, Amazon is closing multiple North Carolina facilities, though a company spokesperson told WRAL TechWire that Amazon was not laying off any workers as those facilities close.  Workers at an Amazon facility in Garner continue efforts to unionize including speaking with other Amazon workers in the state.
  • Apple (corporate roles): 40 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page, down 19 roles from a month ago.  The company will put in place a hiring freeze for corporate roles, WRAL TechWire reported. 
  • Bandwidth: 34 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page.  The company will require its employees to work in-person five days per week, WRAL TechWire reported earlier this year.
  • BASF: 33 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina: 48job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • BD: 21 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • Cisco: 184 job openings in Research Triangle Park, according to the company’s career page, even as the company announced it would make job cuts last week
  • Citrix: Citrix is updating their job portal website, according to the company.  No data was available for this week, but there were 23 job openings in Raleigh at the end of October, according to a prior WRAL TechWire Jobs Report.
  • Credit Suisse: 64 job openings in the Triangle, same as last week
  • Duke Energy: 6 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page, same as last week
  • Eaton: 81 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page.  Earlier this year, the company announced plans to hire about 170 workers who will be based in the company’s revamped Raleigh office.
  • Eli Lilly: 35 job openings in Research Triangle Park, according to the company’s career page
  • Fidelity Investments: 612 job openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page.  That’s down 23 roles compared to a week ago but is 40 openings higher than a month ago.  The financial firm continues to hire, WRAL TechWire reported last week.
  • FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies: 33 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • Google: 255 job openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page, down from 313 openings two weeks ago.  The company is making cuts in some areas of the company but is expected to continue to hire for the Durham engineering hub, WRAL TechWire reported earlier this year.  The company is hiring the same number of positions as it was a month ago. 
  • Grifols: 132 job openings in North Carolina, including in Durham and Clayton, according to the company’s career page.
  • GlaxoSmithKline: 184 job openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page, 77 more openings than last week and 71 more than a month ago.
  • IBM: 5 job openings in RTP, according to the company’s career page.  The company said it would continue to hire in August.
  • IQVIA: 327 job openings in RTP, according to the company’s career page (down 32 openings compared to a month ago)
  • Kyndryl: 49 job openings in RTP, according to the company’s career page, down 15 jobs from a week ago
  • Labcorp: 275 job openings in Burlington, N.C., according to the company’s career page, a decrease of 17 job openings from a week ago
  • Lenovo: 167 job openings in Morrisville, according to the company’s career page, down 15 openings compared to last week.
  • MetLife: 95 job openings in Cary, according to the company’s career page.  MetLife told WRAL TechWire recently that it planned to hire 400 workers by New Year’s Day.
  • Merck: 8 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • Microsoft: 25 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page, which is up a dozen roles from a week ago.  The company confirmed last month that it planned to make job cuts, with some 1,000 workers affected.
  • NetApp: 85 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • Novo Nordisk: 172 jobs in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page.  And even more jobs could be coming to the Novo Nordisk location in Johnston County, WRAL TechWire reported in October.
  • Novartis: 7 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page.  The company is closing a Wilson plant. 
  • Pendo: 8 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page.  The technology unicorn did announce there would be Pendo layoffs earlier this year totaling less than 5% of the company’s workforce, and less than two dozen employees in Raleigh affected.
  • Pfizer: 85 job openings in North Carolina, according to the company’s career page, down 9 open jobs from last week
  • Red Hat: 36 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page, an increase of 8 openings from a week ago.  Red Hat is owned by IBM and had a leadership change earlier this year.
  • RTI International: 126 job openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page, same as last week
  • SAS: 68 job openings in Cary, according to the company’s career page, down 59 openings from a month ago.  Some of the available roles are remote-based positions.
  • Science 37: 3 job openings that could be based in Raleigh, though some other roles are remote positions.  The company announced it would make job cuts earlier this month.
  • Sensus (Xylem): 43 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • Spectrum: 36 job openings in the Triangle, according to the company’s career page
  • Syneos Health: 9 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company’s career page
  • Toshiba Global Commerce: 99 openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page
  • Wolfspeed: 268 job openings in Durham, according to the company’s career page.  The company announced a $5 billion investment that is expected to bring some 1,800 jobs to the region, as reported earlier this year by WRAL TechWire.
  • Worldwide Clinical Trials: 63 job openings in North Carolina, according to the company’s careers page

(Jason Parker contributed to this report.)