Life after NTL -

[gooner4life]

Its true it happens, after my redundancy on the 29th of December 04, I started a new job with BT on Monday (valentines day).

I am working in the exchange, its a small team, mostly good people from what I can tell, and the jobs interesting.

Much better money and no customers to deal with, and the systems are a breath of fresh air they all talk to each other, even when it involves wholesale products and you need to access a different frame it still copies everything done to the main system.

[Charlie_Bubble]

NTL managements stupidity is BTs gain then! Hope all goes well in the new job!

[ian@huth]

All the best in your new career.

[gooner4life]

Thanks to both of you!

I still miss NTL believe it or not, especially the people I worked with and the challenge of the job, every customer had different needs.

Maybe one day I can go back to NTL and things will be different, I certainly hope so but in the mean time I hope I am the asset that BT believe I will be.

[Ramrod]

Good luck gooner

[Escapee]

Originally Posted by gooner4life

Thanks to both of you!

I still miss NTL believe it or not, especially the people I worked with and the challenge of the job, every customer had different needs.

Maybe one day I can go back to NTL and things will be different, I certainly hope so but in the mean time I hope I am the asset that BT believe I will be.

I also missed ntl, not really the company and the majority of management but some good people including my immediate manager and well respected engineers who not only talk the talk, but could walk the walk as well. (A rare commodity in ntl)

I thought that one day I would go back, but to be honest I soon realised that ntl will never change, you are obviously from a technical hands on background in ntl, so theres no need for me to say the company needs a damn good shake!

[Russ]

You'll find the management structure in BT to vastly superior. Internal communcations is also extremely effiicient (therefore will be alien to you!) and inter-department relations work well - all in all, you'll notice the difference.

Originally Posted by gooner4life

Thanks to both of you!

I still miss NTL believe it or not, especially the people I worked with and the challenge of the job, every customer had different needs.

Maybe one day I can go back to NTL and things will be different, I certainly hope so but in the mean time I hope I am the asset that BT believe I will be.

Well done in your new job mate glad you are getting on OK, I'd steer clear of NTL don't ever go back to them you'll be letting yourself down. BT are a international company NTL are trying to be one but are failing badly.

You went on to say maybe one day I'll go back to NTL, you'll have a long trip because all their tech support is in India now.

[quadplay]

Originally Posted by Nidge

You went on to say maybe one day I'll go back to NTL, you'll have a long trip because all their tech support is in India now.

Blimey. So that's why it's so hot in the technical support centre today.

EDIT: Sorry Gooner - how rude of me! Congrats on the new job; I hope you enjoy it!

Originally Posted by jimbo

Blimey. So that's why it's so hot in the technical support centre today.

EDIT: Sorry Gooner - how rude of me! Congrats on the new job; I hope you enjoy it!

Might be

[winters]

Congrats on the new job. I too will be leaving ntl soon and hopefully there will be something out there for me too. I will miss the people I work with too. With years and years of experience in our little team of 18 people it's a shame we have to leave (i'm the shortest serving and the baby of the dept. with four years the longest with 25) but on to pastures new. Best of luck to you mate.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by gooner4life

Much better money and no customers to deal with, and the systems are a breath of fresh air they all talk to each other, even when it involves wholesale products and you need to access a different frame it still copies everything done to the main system.

Are they still using CSS then ?

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Are they still using CSS then ?

Yes.

[gooner4life]

Originally Posted by Russ D

You'll find the management structure in BT to vastly superior. Internal communcations is also extremely effiicient (therefore will be alien to you!) and inter-department relations work well - all in all, you'll notice the difference.

I think its a bit of a joke at how much of an old boys network it is, getting a job there as an outsider is near on impossible and thats a shame because lots of talented people are left to go elsewhere.

Originally Posted by Nidge

You went on to say maybe one day I'll go back to NTL, you'll have a long trip because all their tech support is in India now.

I was never in NTL's technical support dept and BT's internal systems support is also based in India

Originally Posted by winters

Congrats on the new job. I too will be leaving ntl soon and hopefully there will be something out there for me too. I will miss the people I work with too. With years and years of experience in our little team of 18 people it's a shame we have to leave (i'm the shortest serving and the baby of the dept. with four years the longest with 25) but on to pastures new. Best of luck to you mate.

Keep your chin up mate, and take a positive from it, the fact you are working with redundancy over your head shows you can work under immense pressure, it also shows great loyalty especially in a situation where you arent making a fortune from the redundancy pay-off, im sure you will find something in no time.

Originally Posted by Paul M

Are they still using CSS then ?

Yes, but from what I understand it has evolved greatly from what it once was.

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Lastly thanks to everybody for the kind wishes and also 2 of my colleagues from NTL (who I directly worked with) are joining me on monday

[Derek]

Congrats on the new job.

I'm pretty happy with my new job at T-Mobile. If NTL wanted to throw money at me so that I would leave and get a better job with more money and better conditions who am I to complain?