What a day! And am I glad it's finally over. Started off with a trip back down to Thousand Oaks for a one-on-one appointment with a consultant from the career services agency that Amgen had contracted with to help us get back on our feet. My appointment had been scheduled for 1pm, but when I arrived, not only was my name not on the appointment sheet, but they were running behind. WAY behind. I waited in the kitchen and helped myself to some snacks and drinks while I waited, figuring I'd be seen within a half hour. If only!
An hour went by. And then another(!) before I was finally seen-- by none other than the woman who scheduled my appointment last week herself!
The meeting itself was brief and, in a nutshell, a colossal waste of time. The only reason I was remotely interested in meeting with a consultant privately was because I was interested in making a career change and wanted to hear about some ways to go about it. Instead, I got resume-building advice (I showed her a draft copy of my resume)-- which is always useful, but not what I was looking for at the moment. I also got the age-old "consult our website" adage, and lots of encouragement to attend their workshops designed to prepare us for the upcoming job fair in November. All well and good, but again, not something I drove 60 miles and waited 2 hours to hear.
I fielded a couple of calls on my cell phone afterward, and while I did, I took a look around the room-- it was basically full of individual cubicles, each outfitted with a computer and phone. I later learned that they were for the ex-Amgen-employees to use in their job hunting. And then I took a closer look at the computers, for the style of case, monitor and keyboard caught my eye and looked very familiar-- they were exactly like the HP/Compaqs used universally throughout Amgen. What do you think the closer look yielded? None other than property stickers emblazoned with the Amgen logo! I had to chuckle at the notion that perhaps this was where the computers of the laid-off employees ended up (joking, of course!) ;-)
And now, to kick up my feet, sip a hot cup of steaming tea, and relax for the night!
(originally posted at: http://www.myspace.com/hellykwee/blog/319427789)
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