More NTL redundancies

Can i be the first to wish everyone affected by this announcement all the best and good luck. I hate this kind of news

Seconded. This is not good news.

Link:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...l-redundancies

[Nemesis]

Thirded

EDIT ... Making this a sticky for a while

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Bill C

Can i be the first to wish everyone affected by this announcement all the best and good luck. I hate this kind of news

Likewise.

[daxx]

Fourthted,

bad news indeed for all those affected

good luck guyz in the 'pastures new'

[Graham F]

to all those affected

[Escapee]

Bad news again....I have personaly worked with most of the guys affected in South Wales region and know there are some good guys who are very worried.

16 employees put on 30 days notice, 3 of them will be made redundant. Apparently a similar meeting has taken place with the business engineers with some of those expecting the same.

The only slight positive for the guys who want to stay, is there are a few who are happy to go. It should mean this round of redundancies will be voluntary.

Apparently people willing to go is not going down very well with management, as they cant understand people being fed up! (thumbs down to management)

Best of luck to anyone who gets a negative affect from this latest round.

[Paul K]

There is always a sense of foreboding whenever the word "redundancy" appears on the front page since so many people here have come to look upon the members of NTL staff that post here as friends
It's been said a few times already but no doubt it will be repeated throughout this thread....
"Sorry to all those that will feel the affects of this latest round of cuts and good luck to those that take the oppurtunity to move on to pastures new."
Don't forget where are though if you decide to leave NTL

[Womble]

Here we go again! Cutting Surrey down to 4 field engineers.
So, no preventative maint + higher noise floors = Commercial suicide
Expect BB to get slower, and just how they are going to get VOD to work is anyone's guess.
EVERYONE knows the CATV/BB network requies constant TLC, how do these people come to this decision??
How the people who run this poxy company retain their jobs is a mystery.
rant rant rant rant rant rant rant.........................................

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Womble

Here we go again! Cutting Surrey down to 4 field engineers.
So, no preventative maint + higher noise floors = Commercial suicide
Expect BB to get slower, and just how they are going to get VOD to work is anyone's guess.
EVERYONE knows the CATV/BB network requies constant TLC, how do these people come to this decision??
How the people who run this poxy company retain their jobs is a mystery.
rant rant rant rant rant rant rant.........................................

From what I hear, VOD will now get delayed & take more of a backseat than was originally planned.

[Pierre]

According to the guys I have spoken to it's another right royal cock up by ntl.

They've been told they are on 30days, but that's about it. Apparently there is going to be a new structure but threy don't what it is or anything.

He's come out of his briefing completely non the wiser

[Bob]

Interesting to see if Telewest shed any jobs

[Escapee]

Originally Posted by Womble

Here we go again! Cutting Surrey down to 4 field engineers.
So, no preventative maint + higher noise floors = Commercial suicide
Expect BB to get slower, and just how they are going to get VOD to work is anyone's guess.
EVERYONE knows the CATV/BB network requies constant TLC, how do these people come to this decision??
How the people who run this poxy company retain their jobs is a mystery.
rant rant rant rant rant rant rant.........................................

The guys at the top only seem to appreciate what they can see with their own blinkered eyes, they can go into a callcentre and see people answering calls, they can go into matrix court and see people giving technical assistance on the phone.

Network techs etc, what the hell do they do?

I am sure the fact that these people affected are working invisibly behind the scenes in increasingly poor working conditions gives the impression that they are not giving much value to the company. I was also told by a manager recently that he attended a meeting with other managers including someone high up from matrix court. The matrix court guy was complaining how much the Network Tech's were being paid compared to his guys, apparently he claimed his guys were able to do the network techs job because they knew all about the network and fix the customers pc.

That sort of attitude to hard working people behind the scenes will reap what they sow!

If they think they can keep decreasing staff levels, (remember there have already been stealth redundancies in these departments not reported here before) and maintain a good level of service whilst supporting the launch of new products they are very mistaken.

It certainly looks a short sighted decision and a sign of financial problems.

there is a scene written in Terry Prachett latest book Going Postal that really echoes all that really reflects all that you have been saying thus far.In fact when I was reading it I was sure TP was writing about NTL.

I'm even more certain now.

I hope that all those affected get the outcome they want and that those who don't don't get too screwed.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Escapee

It certainly looks a short sighted decision and a sign of financial problems.

Apparently, the cock up that was made in the Broadcast Division last year has played a part in this.

Due to a cock up with the met police contract £25m was wiped off ntls revenues last year. Evden though ntl have now sold Broadcast, £25m has still been wiped off ntls bottom line for 2004 and they have been under a lot of pressure from the institutions to recoup the loss as much as possible. (That's what I was told anyway)

The problem is, it is accountants calling the shots.

The problem with bean counters is.... They can only count beans.