AA moving 130 accountants from Tulsa to Phoenix, Dallas

[MetalMover]

130? Is that all?
 
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/American-Airlines-moving-130-accounting-jobs-from/groxjANKk0KnYKVikUjWnQ.cspx

 

[La Li Lu Le Lo]

This is nothing more than an attempt to thin the herd. The truth is most of these accountants could probably do their job remotely.

 

[xUT]

Get used to management movement, it's inherent in a merger.
To those that are affected, be happy it's 'not' Chicago like UA/CO did.
UA/CO People have to commute to 'down town' Chicago which is a sh1t-hole (IMHO).

 

[737823]

Get used to management movement, it's inherent in a merger.
To those that are affected, be happy it's 'not' Chicago like UA/CO did.
UA/CO People have to commute to 'down town' Chicago which is a sh1t-hole (IMHO).

Yea would have made more sense keeping the HQ in Houston in my opinion but apparently moving to Chicago was necessary for the deal. Of course now nearly four years later analysts have modeled dis synergies from the combination so maybe they would be better stand alone basis.

Josh

 

[xUT]

Yea would have made more sense keeping the HQ in Houston in my opinion but apparently moving to Chicago was necessary for the deal. Of course now nearly four years later analysts have modeled dis synergies from the combination so maybe they would be better stand alone basis.

Josh

Well we could continue the thread drift ad nauseam.
JMHO, UA/CO lost a lot of talent when they 'forced' people to go to Chicago or the highway.
Several of my management friends decided to retire, or quit instead of move to Chicago.
Might have been different if it was Houston as QOL is much more sustainable.
Crap, just living in the 'windy city' and the snow just makes me chill, then riding the defunct train to down town 'CHI-Town' would be unbearable. Driving downtown is hardly an option.
 
Sorry for the thread drift...
B) xUT

 

[xUT]

Well we could continue the thread drift ad nauseam.
JMHO, UA/CO lost a lot of talent when they 'forced' people to go to Chicago or the highway.
Several of my management friends decided to retire, or quit instead of move to Chicago.
Might have been different if it was Houston as QOL is much more sustainable.
Crap, just living in the 'windy city' and the snow just makes me chill, then riding the defunct train to down town 'CHI-Town' would be unbearable. Driving downtown is hardly an option.
 
Sorry for the thread drift...
B) xUT

 
P.S. Unless you are in a limo..

 

[blue collar]

Well we could continue the thread drift ad nauseam.
JMHO, UA/CO lost a lot of talent when they 'forced' people to go to Chicago or the highway.
Several of my management friends decided to retire, or quit instead of move to Chicago.
Might have been different if it was Houston as QOL is much more sustainable.
Crap, just living in the 'windy city' and the snow just makes me chill, then riding the defunct train to down town 'CHI-Town' would be unbearable. Driving downtown is hardly an option.
 
Sorry for the thread drift...
B) xUT

Driving would suck, for sure. But riding the train is an easy option. And on the way home hit the bar car. Doesn't really sound like a bad deal to me, UAL picks up the tab for your train pass - from peoplei know who work there

 

[xUT]

Driving would suck, for sure. But riding the train is an easy option. And on the way home hit the bar car. Doesn't really sound like a bad deal to me, UAL picks up the tab for your train pass - from peoplei know who work there

Taking the blue line from ORD to the loop is like a time warp back to the 50's/60's.
I ride BART and Caltrain in the SF Bay Area and they are "MUCH" better than the cattle cars in Chi-Town.
Bar Car? Man I missed that one... would have made the trip 'much easier'...But IMHO it doesn't exist.
B) xUT

 

[1AA]

This might be the beginning of the shrinking of Tulsa.

 

[jimntx]

130? Is that all?

It is the whole department. How many more could they take?

 

[IORFA]

Taking the blue line from ORD to the loop is like a time warp back to the 50's/60's.
I ride BART and Caltrain in the SF Bay Area and they are "MUCH" better than the cattle cars in Chi-Town.
Bar Car? Man I missed that one... would have made the trip 'much easier'...But IMHO it doesn't exist.
B) xUT

I'm assuming he's talking about the METRA.

 

[AdAstraPerAspera]

Does this mean payroll is not going to be in Tulsa anymore, or is that a separate dept?

 

[jimntx]

AFAIK, the only accounting function in Tulsa was Payroll. If that is correct, then no more payroll in Tulsa.

 

[eolesen]

Does this mean payroll is not going to be in Tulsa anymore, or is that a separate dept?

  

AFAIK, the only accounting function in Tulsa was Payroll. If that is correct, then no more payroll in Tulsa.

Gee, finally two people who get it....

Revenue Accounting, Payroll and Disbursements were all located in TUL after the move from NYC (all three had been in Lake Sucess, hence their LSC city code...).

Revenue Accounting moved to FTW about ten years ago, leaving just one maybe two floors of an office building for outbound check processing. Since that's a duplicate function, something had to go, and having those functions in a third location makes no sense.

The fact they're leaving some of that in Tempe is a surprise. So far, I've not heard of anything formal as to any HDQ type jobs remaining there.

 

[eolesen]

Taking the blue line from ORD to the loop is like a time warp back to the 50's/60's.
I ride BART and Caltrain in the SF Bay Area and they are "MUCH" better than the cattle cars in Chi-Town.
Bar Car? Man I missed that one... would have made the trip 'much easier'...But IMHO it doesn't exist.
B) xUT

The Blue Line is the subway for city dwellers. Commuters take the equivalent of Caltrain -- bilevel coaches (with quiet cars) that are reasonably comfortable for the 60-90 minutes you have to ride them from the outer suburbs. From where we live, it was 60 minutes on the local, or 35 minutes on an express. Driving doubles the time, and there is no express...

The bar cars are long gone, but I've seen people bring coolers onboard, and it's allowed. On the Friday night express on my line, there's a decades long tradition of converting one or two of the seats into a poker table up in the first car...