Phoenix.pm: jobs

Heather Macnaughtan macnaughtan at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 19 10:21:22 CST 2002


I worked at DHL's call center in Tempe for about 18 months and found it 
similarly "disorganized."  I changed managers five times.  I was hoping 
they'd improved since then.  Still, a job's a job.  Good luck to all.
-H.

>
>
>Yeah, I can confirm that they need the help because about 90% of their
>tech staff from SF isn't relocating here, and they still went and laid
>off a buncha people from the facility here, myself included (a Unix
>admin with over 15 years experience who came out here a year ago to take
>a DHL job only to get punted less than a year in).
>
>The hint I told a headhunter friend of mine here was that unless the
>person was strong HP first and anything else second, don't bother...
>a Sun/open source person is not going to fit in anymore.  There was
>horrendously bad timing and bad judgement in all aspects of my going
>to work there.  Let's just say that the manager who pushed to hire me
>was no longer a manager 6 months after I got there, which really added
>some spice to my situation...
>
>It's a long ugly story, and I'm just glad I was able to find something
>else before the end date they assigned me.
>
>Sad part is some of the people there are good people, but because of
>other situations which I'm not going to go into here, I'm willing to bet
>that once an upturn in the economy translates to a few more job openings
>in the Valley, most of the incumbent admins will run for the hills,
>leaving the new ones to founder with trying to figure it all out.
>
>My new job actually allows me a little bit more breathing room, so I may
>actually get to show up to meetings again.  DHL details could be provided
>upon personal request  ;)
>
>
>jo
>
> >Confirm from the "friends in low places network". The data center in PHX 
>is
> >"moveing/growing". Source is pal of mine at work that has a pal at DHL...
> >2 cents. JB
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Tran Forsythe [mailto:tran_fors at yahoo.com]
> >Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:49 PM
> >To: phoenix-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org
> >Subject: Re: Phoenix.pm: Meeting last night
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Andrew Johnson <lajandy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> --- scott at imsa.edu wrote:
> >> > > You have *my* condolences, but I don't know
> >> about the unemployed
> >> > guys. ;)
> >> >
> >> > Heck, we didn't make the meetings because we were
> >> trying to find
> >> > jobs....
> >> >
> >> >   Scott Swanson / scott at imsa.edu
> >> >   "will hack for food"
> >>
> >> Actually, in addition to searching for a job, I was
> >> also still in the
> >> process of cleaning out my former employer, who sold
> >> off all their
> >> furniture and most other physical assets last week.
> >> (One guy brought a
> >> 19 ft. U-Haul truck.)
> >
> >You guys might wanna check out DHL.com ... apparently
> >they're opening a datacenter here in Phoenix, and they
> >have a rather obscene number of jobs listed on their
> >site.
> >
> >-Kurt
> >
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