Originally Posted by arcamalpha2004 (Post 34246860)

Maybe the job losses were pencilled in pre sky row, part of the package that saw NTL become VM.

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 34246877)

I believe some new jobs were being created in Teesside because of redundancies in Manchester. Forgotten where I read that now :)

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 34246886)

Or some people may be prepared to move. Also there is already a direct train between the two. And btw... Teesside has two s's ;)

Originally Posted by arcamalpha2004 (Post 34246883)

I am sure richard will put on a train to ferry manchester workers to teeside ;)

Originally Posted by AndyCambs (Post 34246890)

it is a Virgin Trains route, isn't it?

Originally Posted by scrotnig (Post 34246902)

This was perhaps the primary reason for me leaving ntl in 2005 after more than four years.

Four years - three redundancies. I got sick of it. "Manchester is going to lose jobs to Coventry" then "Coventry loses jobs to Tesside" then "Teesside is losing jobs to Manchester" and it just goes round and round and round and round.

Each time a new management team comes in they have their own idea of structures and implement these with no thought for the effect on staff. It's all about egos, and it appears that hasn't changed.