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Old 05-10-2011, 13:03   #28
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Re: Virgin Media Closing Albert Dock

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post

VM, like the main industry that I am involved with, in the main offers a luxury product that people can live without.
Broadband has not not been classed a luxury for a very long time as the is such a high demand which can be met by the different ISP's out there.

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All the best to anyone unfortunate enough to lose their job. If you are affected, please don't take it personally. It is true to say that management use situations like this to get rid of any dead wood, but, it is also inevitable that many decent experienced people lose their jobs too.
You have no idea of the kind of skill sets that will be lost when this centre closes and any so called "dead wood" are quickly weeded out by virtue of the targets that need to be attained and maintained so you cannot equate this to your business or many others.

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Times like this are just as upsetting for management, but tough decisions have to be made to ensure the long term survival of the company for the sake of everybody.
Times like this are never upsetting for management and most companies find decisions like this all to easy to make.
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