Bill from NYC Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Congrats, and good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Congrats man! Much to my friends and family's dismay, I don't see myself ever moving back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblehead Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I thought Geico gives all of their customers a 10% discount on car insurance? I think you got hosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkwwjd Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hey Steve, can you do the robot, that would be the bomb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Good luck. I myself would also like to move back to B-Lo from SoFlo but my family lives down here now. It would be nice to wake up with The Buffalo News paper instead of the crappy Herald. It would also be sweet to be a season ticket holder in the city I love most. I respect your courage. Good luck with shoveling snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiew Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 CONGRATS STEVE! Wonderful news!! Live north of the snow belt and it will GREATLY reduce your snow shoveling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Chief Navy Pride Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I wanna see Stojan do the robot at a tailgate!!!----------congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMan Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I was in Buffalo this weekend for an interview at Geico. I applied last week, got a call the next day, so decided to fly home this weekend (I just landed back in WPB an hour ago). Anyway, had an hour long interview on Saturday morning. Then came back and had a THREE hour interview today. And right on the spot they offered me the job (as an underwriter). It's not in my field of Marketing, but they pay is surprisingly good, I get a 10% discount on my Car insurance, and the health and dental benefits start the FIRST day you start to work. Anyway, just a bit excited as it just so happens the day I start and the day I leave Florida are 4 days apart (including a weekend). I will miss two days of work during the entire move. You can send your congrats in the form of cash.. 274728[/snapback] Great news for you if that's where you want to be. There's one thing that kind of sucks though.... All the WNY residents looking for decent jobs have gotten all exicted about Geico coming in and creating liveable wage positions.....and then they go and hire from out of state!!!! That's one less job for a WNYer who's been sticking it out in that region their whole life. I'd be a little pissed off if I lived there, was trying to secure a job with Geico, and found that a lot of their hiring was done using out of area candidates. Weren't there any applicants already living there who qualified? (just playing devil's advocate) On the other hand - if I'm doing the hiring for Geico, I might want some returning refugees who have a real desire to live there, be part of the community, and who can bring different points of view and experiences from beyond the boundries of the Niagara Frontier. Longtime Buffalonians have a tendency to be myopic about their familiar way of life. They often migrate down her (south) and other places, and carry on to their new southern neighbors about how "it was done back in Buff-lo". Nobody cares. The prevailing response is "If everything is so great, what are you doing here?" Hope it works out well for you. I'd urge you and anyone else who's returning and has seen "the other side", to think about getting involved in local politics. Time to incorporate some fresh ideas - let the locals know there is a better way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Great news for you if that's where you want to be. There's one thing that kind of sucks though.... All the WNY residents looking for decent jobs have gotten all exicted about Geico coming in and creating liveable wage positions.....and then they go and hire from out of state!!!! That's one less job for a WNYer who's been sticking it out in that region their whole life. I'd be a little pissed off if I lived there, was trying to secure a job with Geico, and found that a lot of their hiring was done using out of area candidates. Weren't there any applicants already living there who qualified? (just playing devil's advocate) On the other hand - if I'm doing the hiring for Geico, I might want some returning refugees who have a real desire to live there, be part of the community, and who can bring different points of view and experiences from beyond the boundries of the Niagara Frontier. Longtime Buffalonians have a tendency to be myopic about their familiar way of life. They often migrate down her (south) and other places, and carry on to their new southern neighbors about how "it was done back in Buff-lo". Nobody cares. The prevailing response is "If everything is so great, what are you doing here?" Hope it works out well for you. I'd urge you and anyone else who's returning and has seen "the other side", to think about getting involved in local politics. Time to incorporate some fresh ideas - let the locals know there is a better way. 275301[/snapback] No offense but I still have family in the area as well as friends. I asked about people working there, if it is helping etc... The general reasoning was that while they are living wages (25k+) a lot of folks seem to rather be unemployed then start over again. If the local workforce is unwillinging to accept the positions available then Geico as a business has no alternative but to import labor. Call center jobs are not deemed "fulfilling" by a lot of folks and is beneath them. The number of these types of jobs going over seas is not always because it is cheaper but is also neccessary to actually find people willing to work in the positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 That's great. How does it feel to be working for the second richest man in the world (Warren Buffett whose holding company owns Geico outright)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered a Lot Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 There goes the neighborhood! So I guess you would be looking for a house now right about 2 doors from the Ralph??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike32282 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 So wait.... Your leaving Florida to come to Buffalo? 274955[/snapback] I was wondering the same thing. That's the first time I have ever heard of anyone leaving that old folks retirement state in Florida and coming back up north to a city where the government is really !@#$ED UP BAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 way to go. one word of advice from one who moved back a couple years ago, and only lasted a year.....you can never go home again, so get that notion out of your head. Don't look for things to be the same from when you were there before. Start fresh and you will probably enjoy your renaissance a whole lot more than me and mine did. Good Luck and congrats!!!! I was in Buffalo this weekend for an interview at Geico. I applied last week, got a call the next day, so decided to fly home this weekend (I just landed back in WPB an hour ago). Anyway, had an hour long interview on Saturday morning. Then came back and had a THREE hour interview today. And right on the spot they offered me the job (as an underwriter). It's not in my field of Marketing, but they pay is surprisingly good, I get a 10% discount on my Car insurance, and the health and dental benefits start the FIRST day you start to work. Anyway, just a bit excited as it just so happens the day I start and the day I leave Florida are 4 days apart (including a weekend). I will miss two days of work during the entire move. You can send your congrats in the form of cash.. 274728[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Congrats, Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I was wondering the same thing. That's the first time I have ever heard of anyone leaving that old folks retirement state in Florida and coming back up north to a city where the government is really !@#$ED UP BAD. 275334[/snapback] Though rare, it has been done. My buddy's sister moved to FL for a few years after college. She moved back to Rochester and has been a Bills season-ticketholder for 15+ years. She even managed to crash a Jim Kelly post-game party once. Her profession? She's a high-school teacher. Subject? [Wait for it, wait for it] Spanish! I guess you need to immerse yourself in it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theesir Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hey Steve, welcome back (in advance). I live a few minutes from the new Geico in Amherst. I'm sure through the football season we'll end up bumping into each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Yeah congrats. But you think Richard Gere is bad with berbils, wait until you find out what they make you do with the gecko. 274946[/snapback] What the hell is a berbil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Just when you think property values couldn't shrink any further. STOJAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Dude whereabouts in WPB do you live?? I visited my Grandma down there for like 3 months a couple years ago...in Lake Worth Off of Lakeworth RD by Jog rd... haha im looking on mapquest now and remember all of those old people driving so slow down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 don't let the stampeding exodus run you over on your way into town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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