working at virgin media? anyone as a Project coordinator?

[uzi]

hi there;

i'm going to start my job in couple of weeks time in VM as a project coordinator, actually it was suppose to start two weeks ago, but they keep changing the starting dates and i didnt get the package offer, i got this job thru a recruitment agency. passed de interviews, submitted ma docs.i asked agency and they said VM will decide de package for me based on xperince and education.. and agency will forward it to me.
soo just wana know, does anybody have such experince? or hd work in past through any agency at vm? and did de realy do such things ? or im just a special case, xmas isnt tht far soo i'm worrying now, i dnt hv another option ...soo does any body knows how much de pay for such role ? or package details ? etc .
cheers.

[hansi]

Hope your co-ordinating is better than your spelling!

[Kymmy]

Originally Posted by hansi

Hope your co-ordinating is better than your spelling!

Text speak.. not really needed though on forums as there's an extremely high character limit and you don't pay per message.

I too though was wondering if the OP will use the same sort of text speak in reports or work based communications??

[uzi]

Originally Posted by hansi

Hope your co-ordinating is better than your spelling!

was not the answer of my question. anyway, if you don't know the answer then its better to keep quite, by the way, for a technical person point of view these words are just a piece of 'USER MANUAL' or helpping guide for the people like you. who got zero level of common sense which isn't common or eat sleep drink people.....who got nothing to do in life and become a losers but keep criticising others...i appretiate your critics though (Y)

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by uzi

was not the answer of my question. anyway, if you don't know the answer then its better to keep quite, by the way, for a technical person point of view these words are just a piece of 'USER MANUAL' or helpping guide for the people like you. who got zero level of common sense which isn't common or eat sleep drink people.....who got nothing to do in life and become a losers but keep criticising others...i appretiate your critics though (Y)

You will go far

[RichardCoulter]

Based on my experience, SOME VM employees appear to believe that this sort of attitude is acceptable and the norm.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Based on my experience, SOME VM employees appear to believe that this sort of attitude is acceptable and the norm.

And so do SOME POSTERS who are not VM employees.

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Originally Posted by uzi

was not the answer of my question. anyway, if you don't know the answer then its better to keep quite, by the way, for a technical person point of view these words are just a piece of 'USER MANUAL' or helpping guide for the people like you. who got zero level of common sense which isn't common or eat sleep drink people.....who got nothing to do in life and become a losers but keep criticising others...i appretiate your critics though (Y)

You do realise that co-ordinating Projects is about communicating, planning, liaison and reporting?

To do that, you should be able to gather information, take feedback, and collate it into an easily understandable format - txtspk is not that medium.

btw, as a technical person of over 30 years experience, who has a team of over 130 techies (networks, servers, desktops, coders, etc), I can definitely say none of them use txtspk in work emails and reports.

[pabscars]

This is clearly a wind up guys, surely. It's someone's feeble attempt to try and bad mouth VM by making consumer's think that they employ nice chaps like uzi .

[thenry]

you'll get on with people up top at vm, their very nice people. that said professionalism is required. you come across as half hearted which isn't something vm look for, heck anyone at the moment so take criticism on board.. it will aid you not destroy you. consider yourself lucky to have the job, highly skilled staff members at BAE are being kicked out of their jobs to name just one case in this mess were in.

[weesteev]

Depends on what area of the business your working in, coordinators can vary from £13k to £25k on average depending on experience and type of work. A Project Coordinator is quite a varied role and can either be administrative or Technical, my role for example is totally different to a project coordinator for VM Business.

Do you have any details about the job posted with the agency?

[Dai]

Originally Posted by Hugh

To do that, you should be able to gather information, take feedback, and collate it into an easily understandable format - txtspk is not that medium.

That's not txtspk, it's modern comprehensive spelling. The end result of the socialist dream.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Hugh

And so do SOME POSTERS who are not VM employees.

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You do realise that co-ordinating Projects is about communicating, planning, liaison and reporting?

To do that, you should be able to gather information, take feedback, and collate it into an easily understandable format - txtspk is not that medium.

btw, as a technical person of over 30 years experience, who has a team of over 130 techies (networks, servers, desktops, coders, etc), I can definitely say none of them use txtspk in work emails and reports.

But posters only represent themselves, not their employer. In any case, if any posters are breaking forum rules, it is for the moderation team to do something about it, not complain on here. If they aren't breaking forum rules you make a moot point.

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Originally Posted by DaiNasty

That's not txtspk, it's modern comprehensive spelling. The end result of the socialist dream.

How true! As an employer I am amazed at how many young kids apply for employment with A* grades that cannot spell even the most basic of words like "grate" instead of "great".

I blame a mixture of text speak, spell check and the ridiculous "London English" that many of them like to talk to sound "gangsta" or "street"

Richard, no one said posters were breaking any Forum rules - but nice attempt at a straw man, anyway....

btw, my statement wasn't a complaint, it was a comparison......

[RichardCoulter]

I still don't understand the point of your comparison

Most posters on forums represent nobody but themselves, posters who declare that they work for a particular employer have an additional responsibility to ensure that they do not bring their employer into disrepute.

In essence, most posters are answerable to nobody (as long as they abide by the law and t&c's of the site owner). A poster who chooses to declare who his/her employer is leaves themselves open to disciplinary action if they aren't careful about what views they air and/or how they express themselves.

I have noticed that some people who work for VM make a statement that their posts are made as an individual and may not be representative of VM. Whilst this, in fact, may be true, this statement would provide little defence during disciplinary proceedings or at an employment tribunal (ET).

I know this because an ex bar manager of ours hit a woman in another persons bar whilst off duty. She was immediately dismissed as we do not employ people who indulge in such behaviour. We were also very keen to avoid any bad publicity for the business.

The ET dismissed her claim for unfair dismissal on the grounds that, even though she was off duty in a different bar, she was well known as one of our managers and that her conduct reflected on our company. It was also noted that she had broken her "duty of trust" towards her employer.

The OP has, in my view, by the very nature of their post, including the tone and content, tarnished the image of VM. VM management do monitor internet forums, so I would suggest that s/he thinks again before posting such comments in that fashion again.

RC

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I still don't understand the point of your comparison

Most posters on forums represent nobody but themselves, posters who declare that they work for a particular employer have an additional responsibility to ensure that they do not bring their employer into disrepute.

Which is the reason all Virginmedia staff have a disclaimer in their signature as per below and mine is the exact wording they specify which covers whatever we post as long as it is not something business sensitive.

You should also be aware that the forum team also post on here as themselves but if in bold it is as part of the moderating team.

We all post within the boundaries of the forum and if we did not then we would be brought back into line.

In fact I have no idea who you are actually aiming your comment at in this thread anyway so would you care to enlighten us to the post or wording you found offensive.

Read my signature below.