[QUOTE=Pierre;34922847][QUOTE=Escapee;34922828] those who once considered they had a career now just consider they have a job./
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A very fair point, I must admit that "career" prospects in VM are not good. That said VM/NTL has always operated a flat management structure meaning that progressing up the managerial tree has always been difficult. They also have a terrible history of not promoting from within.
They are trying to address this by introducing a new career mapping program called pathfinder. Only time will tell if they are serious about this or just paying lip service.
That said, many in the current climate at this time of year will settle for a job at the moment, myself being one of them.
We have just been through the latest re-org and field engineering have been affected as have other areas of the business, but nothing like the scale of recent culls. At the moment at VM you're as safe as anywhere.
that's life
In that case I've been on death row for 15years.
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To be fair many companies are bad at promoting from within, the company I work for now has the same problem. Within the past 6 months they launched a scheme for engineers to progress into management or take the senior engineering route.
I do feel however this is just lip service, personally after lots of promises my recent annual appraisal was glowing. The reward is to be told that I will be reporting to some kid, in reality nothing changes. With the lack of RF Engineers, a good engineer will always be kept down at the expense of someone who can be promoted and their skills not missed.
My manager was very upset when I told him what I thought about it, only after 'big mouth' Escapee piped up did others follow.
As you say, time only tells when it comes to any firm in these sort of cases.