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Originally Posted by Ignition
That's not true I'm afraid not every cabinet has UPS.
Network is running pretty smoothly as a whole though.
Someone said it to me a while ago, Telewest have always been engineering focussed whereas ntl are and have been focussed towards financial gain.
Perversely Telewest outperform ntl financially.... go figure. Possibly speculation means accumulation?
I would fully expect the merger to go the same way as the Cable and Wireless takeover with loads of empire building, jobs for the old boys, regardless of the most efficient way to do it it'll be those managers who can play the politics game best that'll get their way. Probably mean that ntl will win this one, their managers have far more practice, one wonders if more time looking after customer interests and less time guarding their little patch and looking after their friends would have made this a bit different. 
EDIT: Not to say all managers are like this in the company! There are some that are focussed more towards the customer than covering their own @rse.
Anyone know who ntl's Chief Technical Officer is, if there is one? I would very much expect to see one in a company of this size. |
Something here I can totally agree with you on, empire building and jobs for the boys has been a big downfall for ntl. I think the empire building was the final straw for me during the planning for growth fiasco, I could see managers kissing the backsides of managers further up the ladder and it was obvious who were getting what post. After I left they created a couple of jobs for two callcentre supervisors, they made them Network Operation Managers. They were useless and stayed in those posts until a more suitable position was created for them with installs.
The ones that get on in ntl are the ones constantly looking over their shoulders and out manouvering everyone else, instead of getting on with what they are paid to do.
It's sickening how many times the good ones end up on 30 days notice and just manage to survive another 6 or 12 months, Ignition will probably know this is going on constantly for some managers, I now one who has been on the 30 day list about five times now, he's a good guy but how can he be expected to have any interest now other than surviving! Many people in ntl are now waiting for the next pay cheque as a bonus, and some are more than happy to be made redundant.
Chief Technical officer?
No senior technical person has ever had any teeth in ntl, the company I worked in before ntl and my present company are very engineering focused. A Chief Engineer is a very powerfull person in most technical focused companies, who is consulted on any technical changes.
In ntl however the tail wags the dog.
