30-09-2004, 22:06
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90 days tomorrow
Well, it's been a long time since the initial announcement of my impending redundancy, however, tomorrow (Friday) is the day we actually get formally placed onto 90 days notice 
My previous experience of this suggests it's all downhill from here. The end is now nigh, it is certainly the end of an era.
Last time I got gardening leave, this time that won't happen, at least not immediately. Some big decisions then have to be taken......
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30-09-2004, 22:11
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
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Originally Posted by Mark B
Well, it's been a long time since the initial announcement of my impending redundancy, however, tomorrow (Friday) is the day we actually get formally placed onto 90 days notice
My previous experience of this suggests it's all downhill from here. The end is now nigh, it is certainly the end of an era.
Last time I got gardening leave, this time that won't happen, at least not immediately. Some big decisions then have to be taken...... |
Sorry to hear that mate
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30-09-2004, 22:20
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
Thanks.....
I can stay with the firm if I want to, as I have another role to go to, albeit with crappy shifts.
The question over the next 90 days is...do I want to....??
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30-09-2004, 22:25
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
I don't know what to say to things like this...
But - um - it sure sucks and I hope it all comes out ok for you.
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30-09-2004, 22:28
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
You have had a raw deal Mark and talking from a customerââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s point of view. We have been lucky to have you here working hard to help sort out our problems. NTL don't realise what an asset you are to the company. I hope you find what you are looking for but please stay around the forums. We are grateful and care about you and would like to know you are alright.
If you do decide to stay within the company I am sure something better will crop up. They can't keep making people redundant and have an efficient service. Sooner or later something has to go and when the muck hits the fan I would hope you are here to enjoy it with us.
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30-09-2004, 22:33
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701
I don't know what to say to things like this...
But - um - it sure sucks and I hope it all comes out ok for you.
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Thanks.
It isn't a shock, regular readers of my drama-queenesque outpourings over recent months will know that this was entirely expected, as we forewarned about it in April. However, I sort of hoped it might drag over to the new year, and in any event it's still a sad moment, even when you already know it's coming.
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30-09-2004, 22:35
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
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Originally Posted by Kits
You have had a raw deal Mark and talking from a customerââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s point of view. We have been lucky to have you here working hard to help sort out our problems. NTL don't realise what an asset you are to the company. I hope you find what you are looking for but please stay around the forums. We are grateful and care about you and would like to know you are alright.
If you do decide to stay within the company I am sure something better will crop up. They can't keep making people redundant and have an efficient service. Sooner or later something has to go and when the muck hits the fan I would hope you are here to enjoy it with us.
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Thanks Kits. I am certain I'll still be around in some form even if I leave the company, though i can't judge that for certain until that situation actually happens. I get quite attached to whatever job I do, and leaving is always a wrench, even if it's for something better. In some ways I still 'miss' the job I had prior to joining ntl in 2001, a bit ridiculous but I do try to give my all to a job so it's sad to leave it behind.
Of course, I may well be staying with my current employers, but it still won't be 'the same' as what I do now.....
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30-09-2004, 23:52
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
Likewise for me, however I am off sick with an abcess under a broken tooth which has caused a constant migraine since sunday
Mark what office are you in?
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30-09-2004, 23:58
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
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Likewise for me, however I am off sick with an abcess under a broken tooth which has caused a constant migraine since sunday
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Manchester. We are the ONLY department in Manchester getting the chop.
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01-10-2004, 00:17
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
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Manchester. We are the ONLY department in Manchester getting the chop.
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Ouch, im in Luton were all going apart from 'Collections' or accounts as they are more commonly known.
Good luck for the future fella, im sure this abcess on my tooth is brought on from the stress of it all, im daddy to a 5 week old baby and this is so the wrong time
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01-10-2004, 07:14
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
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Originally Posted by gooner4life
Ouch, im in Luton were all going apart from 'Collections' or accounts as they are more commonly known.
Good luck for the future fella, im sure this abcess on my tooth is brought on from the stress of it all, im daddy to a 5 week old baby and this is so the wrong time |
Anytime is soo the wrong time especially when customers have to wait for 60 mins to get tech support....
Also if they outsource to India then they would be shooting themselves as I have regular contact with a call center in India and they cannot say our towns correctly and try to arrange for me to do mystery shops in areas that are too far for me to travel to without a petrol allowence which they don't pay. 
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01-10-2004, 09:10
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
Myself, Darthyoda and a couple of other posters on here are in the same boat but a different office.
It's been coming for a loooong time but still a bit of a downer (till tonight when the local pub takings will sky rocket)
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01-10-2004, 09:50
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
Yep just had my meeting informing me that the end of the world as I know it will be taking place in 90 days. See you in the pub tonight then dezzo 
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01-10-2004, 10:01
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
I like the way we have to work over Christmas knowing the job is going nowhere
29th of December lol
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01-10-2004, 10:03
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Re: 90 days tomorrow
Feel sorry for you guys, we were lucky down here in the TSB we got outsourced.. but now there is the indian call centre one has only got to wonder how long it will be untill every person calling 0845 tech support will speak to some indian guy. Its a sad state of affairs, you gotta wonder if NTL actually stop and think before they do things like this to people that have supported and held this company high for the last few years, through the good times and the bad. Something tells me that the NTL patriotic customers are not going to like it one bit... and i sure dont like it. It just puts a glimmer of hope in me to look back at all the other companies that have outsourced to india and its all fallen flat on their faces.
I want NTL to succeed, but I hate this outsourcing crap. It never works. And id love to see NTL getting back to a full UK workforce.
Just my 2p's worth.
Kev
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