About to board my flight in AZ... (Phoenix, Tucson: fit in, sales)

[stevek64]

Best of luck Eric! The desert is a special place/has a beauty all its own.....no green grass needed.

As for summer? Yeah, some dislike the heat....we love it and always have. It's cold I can't tolerate(which is about 55F or below for me), but everyone is different.

Realize the majority of the year out here is beautiful weather wise to most people. As for the summer months, that thing called A/C in the house, car, stores, etc. works wonders for those who don't want to venture out much in the heat. And on more than a few of those hot summer days, getting out early in the morning can buy you some nice time to enjoy the outdoors.....or late at night.

No worries!

[oping00]

Can some people tell me what some major employers/companies in the Phoenix area other than southwest?

[KurtAZ]

Originally Posted by oping00

Can some people tell me what some major employers/companies in the Phoenix area other than southwest?

What industry are you in?

[Eric618]

Originally Posted by stevek64

Best of luck Eric! The desert is a special place/has a beauty all its own.....no green grass needed.

As for summer? Yeah, some dislike the heat....we love it and always have. It's cold I can't tolerate(which is about 55F or below for me), but everyone is different.

Realize the majority of the year out here is beautiful weather wise to most people. As for the summer months, that thing called A/C in the house, car, stores, etc. works wonders for those who don't want to venture out much in the heat. And on more than a few of those hot summer days, getting out early in the morning can buy you some nice time to enjoy the outdoors.....or late at night.

No worries!

Thanks. I'm very much looking forward to the change in climate.

[goolsbyjazz]

Intel, Motorola, University of Phoenix, U.S. Airways, the state of Arizona, Arizona State University and many others.

[oping00]

Originally Posted by goolsbyjazz

Intel, Motorola, University of Phoenix, U.S. Airways, the state of Arizona, Arizona State University and many others.

Thanks for the input.

[KurtAZ]

Top 30: (sorry for the formatting)
Company Rank for number of employees Employees Employees last year Category

Walmart Stores Inc. (2) 1 31,837 31,637 Discount stores
Banner Health 2 28,011 28,993 Health care
Kroger Co. (2)(3) 3 18,000 10,767 Grocery stores
Wells Fargo & Co. 4 14,965 13,859 Financial services
McDonald's Corp. (2) 5 12,770 12,770 Food Service
Bank of America Corp. 6 11,500 13,000 Financial services
Raytheon Co. 6 11,500 12,000 Missile manufacturing
JP Morgan Chase & Co. 8 11,375 11,600 Financial services
Safeway Inc. (16) 9 11,250 4,868 Grocery stores
Apollo Group Inc. 10 11,000 11,031 Educational services
Intel Corp. 10 11,000 11,000 Semiconductor manufacturing
Honeywell International 12 10,000 10,100 Aerospace manufacturing
U.S. Airways 13 9,147 9,260 Airline
Bashas' Supermarkets 14 8,533 6,741 Grocery stores
Target Corp. 15 8,500 8,587 Discount retailer
Freeport-McMoran 16 8,200 7,600 Mining
Dignity Health (4) 17 7,744 7,945 Health care
American Express Co. 18 7,531 7,740 Financial services
Home Depot Inc. 19 7,400 8,050 Home improvement
Circle K (5) 20 7,235 7,919 Convenience stores
Walgreen Co. 21 7,053 7,494 Retail drugstores
Pinnacle West Capital 22 6,700 6,663 Electric utility
University of Arizona 24 6,118 7,041 Health care
Scottsdale Healthcare 22 6,700 6,686 Health care
CVS Caremark Corp. 25 5,000 4,525 Pharmaceutical services
Boeing Co. 25 5,000 4,878 Aircraft manufacturing
Marriott International 25 5,000 3,653 Resorts and hotels
Mayo Foundation 28 4,855 4,707 Health care
Salt River Project 29 4,833 4,322 Utility supplier
General Dynamics 30 4,816 5,402 Defense, communications

[johnp292]

Originally Posted by Eric618

Thanks. I'm very much looking forward to the change in climate.

It'll definitely be nicer here in December than it will be in Car-Bon-do-lay

Are you driving out in December or flying?

[Eric618]

Originally Posted by johnp292

It'll definitely be nicer here in December than it will be in Car-Bon-do-lay

Are you driving out in December or flying?

Haha! You're familiar with my, ahem, lovely little town??

I'll be driving out. Just the dog and I. I'm using a moving company to get my stuff out, and (hopefully) enjoying the drive.

[johnp292]

Originally Posted by Eric618

Haha! You're familiar with my, ahem, lovely little town??

I'll be driving out. Just the dog and I. I'm using a moving company to get my stuff out, and (hopefully) enjoying the drive.

Oh yeah. I used to live up that way and work in Scranton. And my wife's from Duryea.

Do you have your route planned yet? If you're going to be coming across on 40 you'll want to watch the weather in northern AZ. It can get pretty snowy up there. It already goes below freezing at night at the Grand Canyon.