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Was recruited as a contract administrator / to hire (May 2011) do to the expanding growth and opportunities in my IT field of expertise. In December 2011, my contract was supposed to convert to a perm after 6 months & I was told by management that they were in the process of converting all existing contracts to perm.

Feb 2012 & still working as a contractor, I received a call from a different recruiter advising me of an opportunity to work for Fujitsu. The position I was for the same position I was currently performing. Soon after, I found my position on Fujitsu's job board. I inquired to upper management about my position and was advised that there was a hiring freeze. (Two weeks earlier 3 new associates were hired as direct hires). Spoke to HR and was advised to discuss with management (which I already did) and to possibly apply for the position for which I also did. Spoke to my recruiter who was also unable to get any feedback from Fujitsu management.

March 2012 - Was recognized by our client vendor on the outstanding job I was peforming and that I was an asset to their their company.

April 2012 - the position was taken off of Fujitsu job board but was never given any feedback from upper management when I inquired on it. Over the course of 4 months, my recruiter nor myself were able to receive any feedback from upper management.

July 2012 - Still working as a contractor, my position was reposted on Fujitsu job board. Spoke to HR who stated that they didn't know the position was reposted. (In all my year's in working in IT, I've never came across an HR dept who didn't know of a position that was posted on their job board)... I was advised to talk to upper management again and to apply for the position, which I did...AGAIN! The same day, I tried calling upper management to advise on my status with the company. Left a vmail and never received a call back. Also spoke to my recruiter but they claimed to not have received any information either.

The next day, the same job that I had applied for was reposted with a different questionnaire and qualification requirement details. (When I reviewed my prevous completed questionnaire, my responses to the skill set requirements were truncated to the additional questions added to the job posting). The questions to the answers I completed before were not there anymore.....IS THIS EVEN A LEGAL PRACTICE???

July 2012 - A few days later, I was told by my recruiting company that my contract with Fujitsu was eliminated and to return their laptop and on-call cell phone.

Who wants to work for a company where their is no honest nor integrity to their employees or contractors.....The company motto is...."The Fujitsu Way"......

Since working with Fujitsu (1 yr & 2 mths), there have been approx. 40 people (and counting) that have left the company. (This is an concervative #). Previous perm employees that have been there for 10, 12 & 15 yrs + have left the company due to a number of reasons....raises (none in 3yrs and counting), bonus (new hires are promised bonuses where only management is receiving), company culture - very low...Management will scold employees on any related issues and go silent when they are praised....the list goes on and on.....

My advise....as I've been in the IT field for over 17yrs... Use caution before you decide to work for Fujitsu. If your unemployeed and need a job and are accepted a position with Fujitsu, by all means do what you have to do and take the position but be aggressive in finding something else. #wordsofwisdom.

I went to work for Cendera as a project consultant as needed and when Hurrican Katrina struck New Orleans and Mississippi I quickly had my hands full. Cendera contracted the FEMA call center in Dallas and was responsible for all hiring and training of its call center advisors. Being a ramp up company was their trademark but working with Department of Homeland Security and adjusting to the particulars of government agencies was overwhelming at first. I initially went there to train level 1 phone agents in handling FEMA assistance cases then turning them to FEMA represenatives for level 2. At the beginning we had almost 40 people. In three weeks, I assumed the role of Human Resources manager therefore responsible for hiring and logistics for over 1200. After Hurricane Rita, I was able to utilize what I had learned initially and the process went much smoother. I was able to teach more classes and deal with day to day issues that occur when hiring that many employees in such a short time. It taught me how to be quick on my feet and always keep a positive attitude. The devestation was worse than most of the public knew so my work hours, 4 a.m. to sometimes 11 or 12 at night was the only way I felt like I could help those in need. The most enjoyable part of the job was being able to hire New Orleans victims who had lost everything and I still hear from some of them to this day. I was fortunate enough to help them secure new jobs once the FEMA project was over. After FEMA I began my role as Section Manager and opened up engineering offices throughout the country and eventually became the top contractor consulting firm for all of Verizon Telecommunications.

After being with the company for approx. 20 years, its culture is changing and not for the better as very little job security in the UK now.  Please bring back more of the Japanese influence!  Although flexible working is promoted and is a positive unfortunately this is the only one.  Line Management and senior management in general is really bad, in fact terrible and seemingly only interested in themselves, jobs for the boys!  Performance reviews and associated pay rewards are shockingly bad (as are their pay scales) and new opportunities and career development is non-existent.  I would love to say I hope my experience described here is an isolated case but I fear not.  Having been a committed and loyal employee, giving 150% to each role I performed over 20 years the final years of my career was to be used and abused by my line management and much more with nothing in return (maybe I was a threat!).   No leading by example, cannot manage a team, inefficient, time wasting, hiding behind more successful employees/team members, no respect or recognition and no reward for quality delivery.  I am moving onwards and upwards now and will not allow those final 5-6 years to spoil a solid performance over 20 years but I felt the need to warn you!  Once in, your contribution and pay rewards will be bad and local management do not seem to practice IIP (Investment in People) at all!  Good luck to anyone joining in the UK as investment now seems to be extremely limited due investment elsewhere, I hope you have a better experience.  On the plus side, I worked with some amazing team members, it is just a shame the so called leadership cannot support them.

A typical day at work would begin by running any errands that the principle or director of Engineering wanted. During my internship this included: cleaning out a storage area, packaging boxes for new products, placing labels on a new line of products, and attending meetings.

After errands were finished, the work day would be spent on the project at hand. During my internship I worked on three projects. The first was running tests on a new scanner and documenting any errors and suggesting any changes for optimization of the product. The second project was managing the files for several scanner lines to prepare them for EPEAT validation. My last project was running new software tests on several scanner lines. I would receive a program from a software engineer and use this software and install it on to our scanners. I would then run resolution, and color tests on these scanners. All my results were relayed back to the software engineer.    

At Fujitsu I learned the importance of productivity. Fujitsu was my first corporate job, and I was learning to adapt to a 40 hour work week. In the process I was challenge by tiredness at times, and lack of motivation. However, my co-workers were always friendly and this helped energize me throughout the day. Nearing the end of my 3 -month internship I was more productive than when I first started. I was able to manage my projects better without getting burnt out. I had also improved my relationships with my co-workers and managers. As a result I had complete my projects, and was able to help others on their projects as well. This was a positive impact as well as a positive learning experience for myself.

I started working at Fujitsu under a temp job. I started out working the graveyard shift where we were doing a new install at all Marshall's for an overhaul of their Point of Sale systems.  The job was easy, just wait for the tech to call, assist them with verifying they were at the location, and then just wait for them to call back.  This was during the night so there were long hours waiting in between them calling back so we were allowed to watch Netflix and such so it wasn't bad at all in my opinion.  I was then asked to come on to their next project which was calling stores to prepare them for the holiday season with a checklist, if the product was acting up we'd do active troubleshooting, but if everything was good then we would end the call and mark down if something needed to be replaced, or everything was in well order etc.  The only problem with the daytime job was the commute.  I was travelling from South Fort Worth to Richardson and kept getting stuck in traffic making me late on a few occasions. I gave my all, but at the end of that particular project I wasn't asked to stay on, but they said they would keep in contact.  I still keep in contact with who I worked with, but have never attempted to go back, mainly due to the distance and traffic.  It was always a gamble whether or not I was going to beat traffic and get there no matter how early I left.

These are my thoughts of Fujitsu Frontech in Plattsburgh, New York:

I learned a great deal about computers and electronics. The pay was steady, and the benefits were great. 

The culture was very competitive, and the management had a hands-off attitude. There are two different classes of people there—those who could sit down (the privileged), and those who weren't allowed to sit (the "worker bees"). If you were a "worker bee" and you sat down, the reaction to this illegal action was apoplectic, at best. The place continued to employ temporary employees from temp agencies as they streamed-in through the revolving door—none were ever hired to full-time status. 

If you decide to work there, then my advice to you is to be taciturn, don't stick out, and keep your back pressed up against the wall.

As one manager said to me, "It's not what you know, but whom you know," and I think that speaks volumes. 

However, if you are a narcissist, throw people under the bus, and know all the right people, then your chances for full-time status and promotion are pretty good.  Who knows—maybe you too could become a member of the privileged crowd. Good luck!

Management changes so often, that a strong strategic path is unable to be established and executed enough to make a difference before the next executive team is onboard with a new strategic plan.  Expect to have a new manager every 4-6 months with various alignments and re-orgs (as experienced over several years).  Oftentimes, you may not meet your new manager or know it has changed until the next one comes onboard or someone mentions it in passing.  Escalations for decisions to be made is non-existent (or could be so delayed that it causes a significant impact despite repeated follow-ups).  Also, expect projects to go on hold for indefinite amount of time with no information or path forward as strategic plans are adjusted ... again (multiple times).  Stop and re-start of projects with various plans (to align with the new executives plans) results in increased costs, confusion, and multiple incomplete projects.

However, you are able to work remotely and can make a majority of decisions without significant red tape.  Your day-to-day coworkers are very intelligent and mostly willing to help with any obstacle.  The office environment is fantastic, if they could only solidify the executive staff and a strategic plan through execution.

Migration project from 700 Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Servers to 2008 in preparation from decommission  Windows Server 2003 in June 2015. Monitor network enterprise system with Computer Associates Tools, SCOM and SolarWinds.
Monitor  IBM Blades, HP C7000 enclosures and data migration and storage projects to move physical to virtual machines EXS and VMware and new HP ProLiant Servers.  Expert in troubleshooting installation issues.  Proficient in Peripherals connectivity, driver installations and issue resolutions.  Provides IT systems support that may include duties such as installation, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting and repairing.  Also performs quality assurance processes to effectively manage system availability and improve operations. Includes high-level support of networks, such as administration, server builds and upgrades, domain configuration, and performance and tuning. Performed network administration with Windows Citrix server design, build, installation and configuration based on Microsoft and 3rd party applications. Supported Citrix XenApp, and App-V technologies as well as Active Directory, DHCP and DNS Server administration and support of Active Directory for server and Group Policy.

When I started working at Fujitsu as a temporary through Kelly Services, other employees told me to plan on 10-hour days and 6 hours on Saturday. I didn't have a problem with that, as I had been unemployed long enough that I had some financial catch-up to do. I was there for more than 7 years, and would probably still be there if they hadn't closed the facility. Fujitsu did annual benefits surveys, comparing the company's benefits to those of other similar companies in the area, and made sure that Fujitsu benefits were better than any other. When Fujitsu turned 50 years old, a charter bus company was hired, and all employees spent the whole day at Sea World -- at company expense. Every year on the anniversary of Fujitsu's founding was Employee Appreciation Day, with plenty of free food and drink -- including steak -- and the rest of the day off, once all the speeches were done. Paid all day, as well. Performance was rewarded as well. When a given line exceeded expectations, the plant manager would give that line a Saturday party -- out of his own pocket. Innovations that cut costs and improved production earned $50, again out of the manager's pocket. Long hours, yes, but I'd go back to work there in a flash.

I worked for Fujitsu America, Inc. as an Office Manager for 10 years.  On a day-to-day basis, I was responsible for managing the office and supported Sales and Client Services that included Vice Presidents, Directors, Sales Executives, Recruiters, and Delivery and Consulting staff.  Hardest part of my position was balancing my responsibilities between managing the office and assisting management to implement guidelines in the most competent manner.  Also, my strong skills in oral and written communication and executive presentation were required to produce quality work performing multiple tasks to complete projects while adhering to rigid deadlines.  The Fujitsu Office Team was always regarded as some of the top leaders of the IT industry.  We conducted various Team building events incorporating Fujitsu’s culture. I have always been respected by my peers and viewed as a professional and received various awards for my work and accomplishments. I enjoyed and looked forward to meeting and working with my peers.

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