Been doing the list all afternoon

Post #108,117 by lincoln 7/1/03 6:57:21 PM Reply	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. lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig" [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #108,147 by gdaustin 7/2/03 12:32:06 AM Reply	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 Reply	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 Reply	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. lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig" [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #108,172 by deSitter 7/2/03 8:25:27 AM Reply	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 Reply	A third. Contract killer. Lonely work, but satisfying. Sorry, have to go. There's someone at the door. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]

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