Good to hear from you again Sam. Of course NYC pays better than Nevada but they take it all away in taxes and housing costs.
And the scenario for hiring that you mentioned is only for those nasty people who occupy a place in the official payroll that the politicians are always trying to cut. What they do not mention is that there is an un-official payroll embedded in the cost of supplies like paper clips from which they can hire $2000/day consultants and other per diems without spending any money from the 'payroll' and thereby can cut costs by downsizing the number of employees actually working for the city. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Sam Golob Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity Hi Folks, I worked with Eileen Barkow at NYC DOITT (Data Center). Everything she says is absolutely true. You can't believe it when you're hired there. Every piece of bureaucracy appears so ridiculous, and that's the way it really works there. It's not like "industry" at all. I went there during a recession also, in '92, and when you need a job, you need a job. I was glad to have it (warts and all). I stayed for five years. I'll tell you, that I don't have time to go into the kind of details they have. When you get your acceptance, if you're a minute late (within the 30 minute tolerance time of the appointment time) you're not hired. This is after two months or more, of waiting. When I had to go there, I got onto the wrong path train from Jersey City, and wound up in Newark. I then had to wait for a train to go all the way back (past Jersey City again) to the World Trade Center (of blessed memory) and I ran to the office where I had to be. When I got there, making excuses after all that effort (and having called them, from phone booths, as much as I could), the lady told me: "Oh, you don't have to worry. You were four minutes early." Everything Eileen says is true. She was there way before me, and she's been there way after me. Attagirl, Eileen. It's nice to hear from you. I wouldn't think Nevada is that bad. It's not New York City. But I don't know for sure. If you need the job, take it. Don't sweat the details. All the best of everything to all of you. Sincerely, Sam Golob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
