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Saneboy13 · 11-04-2006, 08:52

The outsourcing debate is one that has run for ages. The biggest annoyance with it is it has proved to be the biggest problem, but they are still talking about it.

London Network Tech's. were outsourced years ago, then 2 years ago it was all brought back in house. Why I hear you ask, simple. They found that the Network in London was in a shambolic state and that they needed to spend 10 million on repairs and refits to bring it back to a reasonable standard.

They did a similar exercise a few years ago. They went to turf working in all other areas after it failed in monumental style in London. I know my old manager was talking to his counterpart in London and he was told "Turf work will kill the engineers". Didn't make a blind bit of difference for NTL, they went through with the turf work. How long did it last? 9 months total before they went back to the old way.

It's amazing that things are tried in other areas and found to fail in a spectacular way, but they STILL try it out in other areas.

NTL learn from past mistakes, Outsourcing is doomed to fail!!!

11-04-2006, 08:52	#31
Saneboy13 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Swansea Services: Digi x2, TU24, 20Meg BB Posts: 223	Re: Restructure anyone? The outsourcing debate is one that has run for ages. The biggest annoyance with it is it has proved to be the biggest problem, but they are still talking about it. London Network Tech's. were outsourced years ago, then 2 years ago it was all brought back in house. Why I hear you ask, simple. They found that the Network in London was in a shambolic state and that they needed to spend 10 million on repairs and refits to bring it back to a reasonable standard. They did a similar exercise a few years ago. They went to turf working in all other areas after it failed in monumental style in London. I know my old manager was talking to his counterpart in London and he was told "Turf work will kill the engineers". Didn't make a blind bit of difference for NTL, they went through with the turf work. How long did it last? 9 months total before they went back to the old way. It's amazing that things are tried in other areas and found to fail in a spectacular way, but they STILL try it out in other areas. NTL learn from past mistakes, Outsourcing is doomed to fail!!!