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Originally Posted by pol747
as a telewest install tech the news yesterday came as a shock because it didnt give us any options as to our future. it was "you will be transffered to our outsource partners" (contractors) no chance of redundancy or a move somewhere else. this has been done because it wont cost ntl/telewest a single penny to get rid of its staff and if you dont like the move you can leave, not an option really as if you do will be intentionally unemployed and not able to claim any benefits from anywhere(government or insurance) so we have no choice but go along with it unless you have another job that is!
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I suppose one could say "Welcome to ntl" and "Goodbye"
I'm not being sarcastic with that, It's a sh*t situation. ntl has treated employees very badly over the years, it always seemed to be on an individual basis though. Just after I left they seemed to be forcing t&c changes on some departments that treated them badly, other departments were not experiencing this due to different types of work.
I think ntl management have been very clever using conquer and divide tactics, and now they have this latest deal sealed by offloading you guys they have no groups with strength in numbers to stand up to them.
I wish you and everyone else the best whatever you decide to do.