Cellar Scribblings

[CellarDweller]

Oh No........the NAUGHTY FORTIES.......no one will be safe.........

Men, lock yourselves up!

 

[underdown]

I just replied on Dev's blog, but I'll put it here too.


lmao.

well, I may be having some excitment at work tomorrow......I just read the paper today, and found out my bank is in talks with another bank to take us over.




I have to see how this will pan out.......to be honest, I don't think it will affect my job much.

Hi Chuckie.
Hey, if you get retrenched, maybe you could take a holiday in Oz ?
Say, round about the beginning of November? 

[underdown]

Men, lock yourselves up!

 

.... On second thought ..... 

[CellarDweller]

Hi Chuckie.
Hey, if you get retrenched, maybe you could take a holiday in Oz ?  Say, round about the beginning of November? 

hmmmmm........I've never been with a monk before......

[CellarDweller]

.... On second thought ..... 

well shit!   

[Katie77]

hmmmmm........I've never been with a monk before......

Bless you Chucky........

[underdown]

well shit!  

Ahem. Using such language to a monk.   

Ok, ok, I'll stop being a monk. 

[milomorris]

Hey Chuck,

The Santander purchase of Soveriegn was big news here today.

I have a friend who works on the investment side at Wachovia. She was telling me that she's hoping that the Wells-Fargo purchase of Wachovia goes through. She's worried that if Citi gets another crack at it and wins, that people will lose jobs. Her reasoning was that Citi and Wachovia have some common territory, so there would be redundanices. Well-Fargo has luittle to nothing in this part of the country, so its really an expansion for them. It sounds like a similar situation with Soveriegn and Santander.

I don't know what your career path looks like so far, but I have found that mergers can open up all kinds of new opportunities for existing employees who are looking to move up or over into something new. While I was working at Bell Atlantic, I made a significant step up the corporate ladder right after we bought NYNEX, and again after we merged with GTE and became Verizon. Some of my colleagues saw the scope of their existing positions expanded to the point where their salaries were increased. So keep your eyes open.

I wish you luck.

Milo

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!

Good morning everyone!

Well, back to the grind, and God knows what I'll find.

As you can see by Milo's post, the Spanish bank Santander has purchsed Sovereign Bank, which is where I work.

I don't think it will affect me as much right now.  Santander has no pressence in the U.S., but they want that, so taking us over gives them the branchs and visibility they want.  So because there are no locations here, there is no "consolidation" needed.

Of course, I could be waaaaaaaaay off.

I guess I'll be finding out soon enough!

[Brokeback_Dev]

Morning Chucky.  I hope all goes well with your job.  Keep us posted!