[ale] [melissa_j_greenwood at bankone.com: Bank One - Opportunities inMidrange Engineering]

Tue Mar 9 23:54:34 EST 2004

Well...

Pull up by the fire kiddies, and I'll tell you a story of cluelessness
and intrigue.  One of a major bank company in Columbus, Ohio and the
people they take a dump on.

Back in early 2002, I was realizing that my taking a position in this
hole called Baton Rouge was most likely a mistake.  My best friend and I
were looking for a job...any job in a better part of the country with
better schools, etc. etc.

We were both contacted by Bank One within a day of each other.  After a
pretty lengthy interview process, they decided it was prudent to bring
us both up for interviews.  I went first, my friend the following week.

When I arrived, I was put up in the local Mariott, which was nice.
That's where nice ended.  I was instructed to phone one Joel Spieth
first thing in the morning to talk with him.  Aparently he was a veep of
some sort over the Midrange systems group.  We had a cordial
conversation with the usual questions.  He asked about what my favorite
job was ad why, etc. etc.

When I got off the phone with him, my driver picked me up to go over for
a drug test.  By the time I had filled the cup, the driver had
instructions to bring me to the airport.  (my flight wasn't until the
next day)  I called Bank One to explain.  None.  I re-called Joel...he
wouldn't answer.  I called the early interviewers, and they had heard
nothing, and it distressed tham, as they thought I was a great fit...I
called HR, they had no word other than to send me home.

It took THREE WEEKS for someone to pry out of Mr. Spieth that he had me
sent home.  Also, the reason *why* he sent me home.  I finally had to
get the answer through my recruiter.  It's quoted below:

>Joel was unhappy with ... you answer to, "what was the best job you
have had and why." To the question about 'best job and why' you
responded, according to Joel, that there     >was one particular
position you had where you were on call and out of the office most of
the time and no one knew what you were doing. 

Let me relate the story in short:  I had related my experience at a firm
where we had so integrated our monitoring solution with a remote
response solution that we could actually be out of the office for lunch
or a doctor's visit and respond to incidents via our 2-way pager.
Moreover, we had been taken to a Redskins game as a treat by the staff,
and actually had an event while there.  I picked up my pager, issued a
response diretive, and resolved an issue from the game, never havng to
phone anyone or leave the game.

It's customary (and only polite) to finish the interview process if you
have the person in town, all flown in an dressed up.  No such nicetie.

Fast forward to my buddies interview.

He arrived in the morning, but had no such similar interview with Joel.
He did the drug test and went in.  When he arrived there, NONE of the
people he was scheduled to see were in at all.  NONE.  Nada.  Nil.  He
sat around speaking with various other team members here and there, and
eventually had to catch his shuttle to come home.  When he returned,
people whom he had never seen or interviewed with said he either hadn't
come in, or they hadn't seen him and weren't sure why.  They essentally
dissed him in a number of ways just like I was.

I'm told by some inside source sysadmins that Joel is no longer directly
in that same position, but is still an unholy terror to work with, and
at a whim can send you packing due to his high level in the company.

New friends, please step lightly.  I don't know if they're still this
brand of broken, but I doubt it.  This position (specifically in the
midrange group) has come open no less than ten times in the last two
years. This tells me that something is horribly broken there.  

If you decide to go for it, good luck, but please be sure it is
something you really, really match and want to do.

Thanks for listening.

Jerald

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Robert L. Harris
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:01 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] [melissa_j_greenwood at bankone.com: Bank One -
Opportunities inMidrange Engineering]

I Just received this.  Yes it's out of atlanta but there are multiple
listings for a couple different tiers of experience and it may help
someone.

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From: melissa_j_greenwood at bankone.com
To: robert at rdlg.net
Subject: Bank One - Opportunities in Midrange Engineering
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:21:22 -0500
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   Dear Robert,

   Thank you for returning my call!

   As I had mentioned, I am currently networking on a broad range of
   strategic positions for our Midrange Engineering Team.  My best
source of
   great candidates is through talented professionals like yourself, so
   please feel free to share my information with anyone who might be
   interested. I will treat all referrals with complete confidentiality
as I
   do not want to jeopardize anyone's current job situation.

   The positions are permanent roles based in Columbus, Ohio, and
relocation
   assistance will be provided as a benefit to non-local candidates. I
have
   provided below some key points about the Columbus area for your
review.

   Sr. UNIX Administrator/Engineer, UNIX Infrastructure Team
   Strategic and highly visible role with our Solaris deployment team
that
   involves the development of standard builds and system evaluation.
Entails
   performing Jumpstart builds, flash archive installs and scripting.
Ideal
   candidate will have 5+ years experience with heavy systems
administration
   on the Solaris platform, Veritas Volume Manager and LDAP.  

   UNIX Implementation Architect, Midrange Engineering Team
   Sr.-level hardware and O/S engineering design role that entails
developing
   financially and technically sound UNIX solutions.  Involves working
   closely with internal customers, performing Jumpstart system builds
and
   managing key projects. Ideal candidate will have 5+ years of sys
admin and
   design experience on the Solaris platform, Solaris 8/9 design
experience,
   strong communication and documentation skills. Must have experience
with
   large-scale enterprise server environments.

   Windows Implementation Architect, Midrange Engineering Team
   Sr.-level hardware and O/S engineering design role that entails
developing
   financially and technically sound Windows solutions.  Involves
working
   closely with internal customers, performing automated system builds
and
   managing key projects. Ideal candidate will have 5+ years of sys
admin
   experience on the Windows platform, Windows 2000/2003 design
experience,
   strong communication and documentation skills. Experience with
large-scale
   enterprise server environments is critical.

   Bank One - Columbus, Ohio
   Bank One is located on the north side of the city of Columbus, in
Polaris
   (near I-270, US 23, and I-71) and Westerville.  Nearby suburbs
(approx. 25
   minute commute or under) are Powell, Dublin, Delaware, Worthington,
and
   New Albany, and many Bank One employees live all around Columbus.  A
few
   sites you may find helpful are:

   http://www.bestjobsusa.com/sections/CAN-bestplaces2003/CNcolumbus.asp
   http://www.columbus.org/
   http://columbusoh.about.com
   http://www.homeinformer.com (has virtual tours of many of the suburbs
&
   neighborhoods)
   http://www.columbus-chamber.org  (you can order relocation
information
   on-line)
   http://www.ohio-state.edu/index.php
   http://www.homefair.com (includes a cost of living calculator)

   Thanks, and best regards,
   Melissa

   Melissa Greenwood
   IT Recruiter
   Bank One - Executive Recruiting
   614-213-6670
   Melissa_J_Greenwood at BankOne.com

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