Fiserv is one of several Wisconsin companies that, if not restricting employee vacations during the New Year's holiday, are at least warning workers they may be on call. Fiserv will direct its Y2K army from a command center in Brookfield. Murphy, who said the data processor began its year 2000-compliance efforts in 1996, is optimistic the transition will go smoothly. We have the infrastructure in place, the people in place, and we've tested and retested all our operations.
People already know they'll be working.
Although Ameritech Corp. hasn't explicitly restricted vacations on and around Jan. 1, the company says it is warning employees not to make big plans to ring in the new millennium. Employees have been told they will be on call, but many companies are still in the process of identifying workers in key areas who will be required to work. Madison-based Alliant Energy Corp. notified employees in late December that the week leading up to Jan. 1 and the week after will be touchy times to take vacation days, said spokesman David Giroux. We don't know exactly what our staffing needs will be, but we've asked people not to make firm, irrevocable travel plans. David Fantle, a spokesman for Wisconsin Gas Co., said his utility expects to restrict vacations for employees in certain areas, such as information technology and field services, around New Year's Day.