Pray and Make the Best Decision you can...

Post #108,106

7/1/03 4:50:27 PM

Get two sheets of paper. Draw a line down the middle. Put your likes for each company (in two columns). Put your dislikes/fears for each company on the other sheet.

Show them to your wife. Let her add or take away. See if one stands out.

Do some research.

I would probably look on the Internet at the stability of both companies. Look at where they sit in the marketplace competitively. Are they the leader? The laggard? Try to get financials for both. Take the "stronger" company.

If one is in bankruptcy or has posted 24 months or more of consecutive losses, I would chose the other one.

If one is willing to help you with "career goals", I would count that.

Finally, pray about the decision and be satisfied with your choice.

You did the very best you could.

Glen Austin

Post #108,109

by folkert

7/1/03 5:07:04 PM

What Glen said.

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Post #108,117

by lincoln

7/1/03 6:57:21 PM

Been doing the list all afternoon

One point that stands out is that the company in OK City has been hurting since 9/11 (less business travel means less businessmen renting their "product", if you know what I mean). They had their first ever layoff last year, and IT wasn't spared. The director I met during the daylong interview says that business is coming back, the company has no plans to outsource IT from their world HQ in OK City, and there's lots of Tandem work.

Sore point: their annual report isn't available for viewing on their website.

Company in Columbus has very good financials. Lots of business, actually picked up a new customer (Bank One) that required a whole new Tandem just to handle their transaction load.

Neither one is making noise about non-Tandem exposure or training, so it's up to me.

Primary coin flip result is going to be based upon the city more so than the company itself. That's the tough one so far.

Post #108,147

by gdaustin

7/2/03 12:32:06 AM

You must decide...

Outside of the company, look at the industry.

I think I know who the company in OKC is...

Can you give the "industry" that the Columbus job is? Another 9/11 type disaster could continue to affect the OKC company.

Is the Columbus company/industry protected from the "down" side of another 9/11 attack?

If I'm correct, the reason you can't get financials is that they are a wholly owned subsidiary of the company which supplies a great majority of their inventory.

Email me at gdaustin at comcast dot net and I'll reveal the secret identity of the parent company. Or go to their website, click on the About logo at the bottom of the screen and chase the link.

Glen Austin

Post #108,150

by gdaustin

7/2/03 12:44:06 AM

Never mind...

I just emailed you... Hope I'm right, or maybe I hope I'm not right.

Glen

Post #108,164

by lincoln

7/2/03 8:08:46 AM

Looking at the industry

I forgot to consider who the parent company of the car rental company is: Ford.
Their financials aren't the greatest, but they have been improving over the past year or two, relatively speaking to their industry.

They company in Columbus does credit card authorizations and transaction processing, electronic funds transferring, and electronic fraud prevention. Business did slow down since 2000 but I'm told that it has rebounded.

Post #108,172

by deSitter

7/2/03 8:25:27 AM

Re: Looking at the industry

Two jobs that are recession proof - beer making and credit activities.

Computer work is the financial industry is always a good resume thing. Do it.

-drl

Post #108,174

by pwhysall

7/2/03 8:29:25 AM

A third.

Contract killer.

Lonely work, but satisfying.

Sorry, have to go. There's someone at the door.

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