The AA used to be great to work for until Centrica (british gas) bought them.
NTL was fantastic, as I've said before I had the world's best manager and director when I first started.
They helped when they were needed, didn't play politics or empire building, everyone looked up to them, and not just because they'd often take us all out for a pub lunch
They were the sort of people that no matter how bad things were, you'd bend over backwards to help because you know they'd do the same for you.
Too bad a crappy manager who no one liked or respected came in just above me and made the place unpalletable.