[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Frank

Perhaps they are doing lip service... However, everyone deserves a chance, so this is Duffy's chance to prove himself, and I wholeheartedly welcome that. Wilcock was around (in a very similar role) when I worked there and showed absolutely no interest whatsoever in nthellworld.com as it was then, or the work I was doing. I won't bother talking about Goodland as I have better things to do.

You can guarantee that this is just an excercise in the service of lips.

Hmm good luck with that buddy... For this to happen would require a massive shift in thinking and culture at ntl. ntl don't have the balls to do this, plus the fact that this method would not give ntl enough control. Control is the key word here. Hell, they couldn't even organise support on ntl community, a site that they owned and had branded. ntl are scared of web forums full stop, because they cannot control them and people can post in real-time, nor do they trust their staff enough to post custom-written replies on a forum.

There is absolutely no way ntl would risk having one of their employees have free reign to post an un-sanitised response.

I agree they do not like forums. Hell, they even scrapped the internal employee forum and replaced it with one where you can only post about specific subjects approved by the management.

No free speech in ntl, not even internally

It's a numbers game dude, ntl don't do qualitative analysis, which is one of the problems. They only care about quantative analysis. This is a long established fact.

Agreed, they are obsessed with number and targets, even more so than the Labour party.

It's always been quantity not quality.

I too hope that Duffy, someone who I haven't seen "in action" much, can think outside the ntl box.

Be under no illusions that Duffy is only there to line his pockets. No I don't mind someone enjoying the benefits of their success. But it sticks in the throat when people are on 90 days and being made redundant that he strolls into the car park in his Bentley, or Ferrari, and then parks it right outside the main entrance, not even in a parking bay but right outside the main entrance. As if to say "ooh look at me and how great I am"

This really piisses people off.

Anyway, I wish my colleagues here at CF a productive meeting (I guess they are in there right now), and I hope that many good things come out of it. We shall see though, ntl screwed us last time, now they have everything to prove.

ntl have no interest in this or other forums.