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Originally Posted by BBKing
Escapee's quite right, in fact a lot of ntl people 'of a certain age' are either Army/RAF/Navy trained (signals, commonly) or ex-BT. Since the ex-BTers were made redundant en masse about ten-fifteen years ago they don't exactly love BT too much. These guys are among the best and longest serving though (if occasionally a little at sea with modern IT  ).
Not aware of any senior management being ex-BT, I stand to be corrected though. I don't keep a scrapbook of senior ntl management |
Just to make a point on the suggestions that BT made these guys redundant. They didn't.
When BT decided to 'downsize', starting in about 1991, it offered extremely generous VOLUNTARY redundancy across the business. (I am talking about payments of anything up to three-times salary PLUS a leaver payment based on length of service) Some guys came out with over £ 50k in their pocket (bear in mind this was ten years ago and that would have bought you a house!)
A lot of engineers saw also that ntl was recruiting so walked out of one door with a fat cheque into another door with a regular wage.
How do I know these things? I still work for BT, and know a lot of guys who took up residence in ntl Nottingham.
So, please, keep up the good work because I've only got a few years left to boost my pension!
