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Thomas Cook: Other Opportunities
Nathan on Linkedin has created a quick spreadsheet on Google Docs which might help #thomascook employees as they navigate their way through the job search and identify relevant companies:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sShYUYzMY3RyH_MbYS0OwBJCLszCZvnfJnbaXLl5nNY/edit#gid=0
Here is Nathan profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanjefferson
- darkwater 7y agoSome more context: "Thomas Cook collapses as last-ditch rescue talks fail" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49791249 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49791249
- baud147258 7y agoAnd the HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21045550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21045550
- jmkni 7y agoUseful spreadsheet, but there may be more than one Nathan on LinkedIn, might help to specify which Nathan :)
- Raj7k 7y agoSorry, just updated his account.
- kemiller 7y agoWelp... I guess I can finally throw out that 20-year-old uncashed traveler's check.
- riffraff 7y agoWhy did you have a 20 year old uncashed travelers' check?
- Raj7k 7y agoSame question
- usr1106 7y agoI also have them. I think 3 checks of USD 20 each. (Mine are American Express, though) 20-30 years ago this was the only way to travel intercontinenal. After the trip you did not exchange them back (in Europe) because both buying new ones and cashing old ones involved fees. The last 10-15 years cards have become mostly universal, so it gets less easy to spend them. It thought using them on my last trip to Australia 3 years ago, but I didn't happen to hit a suitable place accepting them, so I brought them back again...
- kemiller 7y agoI just found it in old papers and have been carrying it around hoping to remember to cash it at a bank or something. But that does t seem likely now.
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- sanghi 7y agoSome people are also trying to help the Thomas cook employees find jobs via this sheet i came across: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YnTzcqQn3NyqreuZrAlt7u9QSphj4SJiTIU4eXTc9xI/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YnTzcqQn3NyqreuZrAlt...
- snambi 7y agoWhat is Thomas Cook? I have never seen their planes or their name in sites like expedia. Why is it even in news?
- lwhi 7y agoOldest travel company in the world [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook_Group https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook_Group
- erentz 7y agoThat article only talks about the company’s formation in 2007 and history since the 2000s. Here’s the predecessor founded in 1841: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook_%26_Son https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook_%26_Son
- lwhi 7y agoThe article mentions it was "Founded1841; 178 years ago (as Thomas Cook & Son)"
- usr1106 7y ago1. It might depend on your location. In Europe they are huge and it's impossible to miss the news. In America they might have no sales and no consumer business? 2. They mostly sell holiday packages, not much separate flight tickets. So in a way they are the previous generation competitor to Expedia. One reason why they have been in difficulties.
- godson_drafty 7y agoWhy is there not a regulation that states an airline must return its passengers safely home before being allowed to shut down all operations?
- zhte415 7y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/23/how-secret-plans-saved-customers-of-thomas-cook-from-being-stranded https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/23/how-secret-...