VRP, went out to multiple departments, people are shocked, ???????????
Post Your Funny Memories That Helped Ruin The Company
Here's a few to get things started: When they outsourced the field overnight, going from professional installers, dressed in company issued uniforms, driving nice branded vehicles........to contractors that barely know how to speak, look like they... — read more
Making the rounds
The company does not know whats its doing they came in 9 years ago and ran the business into the ground the least they could do is sell it to a company like charter who can put value back in it This would be a smart move by Altice otherwise they will... — read more
MORE CUTS
BEWARE KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN
KEEP DRILLING
Keep drilling this company till it collapses. The worst decision the Dolan’s ever made was selling to evil. Evil devil’s is what they all are. They ruined this whole company. More cuts coming. OSP, FS, CS, ROC NOC, you name it. Get out now: save... — read more
Did everyone hear
Watch your back, watch your job, watch everything. They are out for blood. They are coming every which way. If you are in CS, TOC, ROC , and NOC will pack your bags. Directors and below you will all be canned.
No one is safe
Word on the street is they are going after managers and supervisors in all departments. Job search now while y'all can.
It's a dog with fleas!
Mark my words, this pig will be under a dollar soon enough.
What in the world is going on in the network ops center?
Little birdie told me they got rid of a higher up. This new vp is out for blood. People better be looking for new jobs because he is coming for all yall’s. Trust no one. Leave while you can.
Network Operations Center
This department is becoming a disaster. Who hires these people? Where do they come from? They expect things to happen and just keep piling up work. People are done. They have had it. They want stuff to be done that either cannot be done or would take... — read more
Drahi/Altice raising cash.
https://www.lightreading.com/finance/altice-to-sell-bt-stake-to-bharti-dt-holds-firm
ATUS Earnings Announce... ATUS announced quarterly earnings of $0.03 per share, missing expectations by 57%.
If you have any VPs you are friends with you might want to say your goodbyes sooner rather than later because next week there will be a whole new crew in those roles. The better part of a decade in with these clowns and they are no closer to running... — read more
Stock still in the $2.00 range.
The Sr. Leadership at this company is a complete failure and an embarrassment not only in the industry but to executive leadership period. I seriously question how these people have managed to sustain a career and have absolutely no leadership skills... — read more
HR making the rounds
Rumor has it HR is making the rounds in the New York metro area with sit down conversations with technicians . Also hearing some technicians were blatantly told they could not attend by management. Can anyone confirm?
Verizon Long Island Hiring
Several Verizon yards on Long Island hiring starting pay $49 hour for field service. Currently around 15 field service techs throughout the island have applied with even more estimate to be around 17 OSP techs. Where will Altice get the replacements... — read more
Come on WV and KY, vote the Union in already.
What is it Going to take before you stop trusting this company? Join the other two depots and become a stronger Union in WV/KY or any other state. The company CAN'T fire you, CAN'T threaten you, CAN'T intimidate because of Union activity. Get... — read more
Sharing the pain and not the profits
Drahi’s Altice Says Creditors Must Take Cuts to Reach Targets Altice bonds plunged on plans for discounted transactions Company released more aggressive leverage ratio target By Irene Garcia Perez and Benoit Berthelot March 20, 2024 at 11:59 AM... — read more
Appears Altice may be taken over by charter
Could be the best thing ever
Excel to move on to greener pastures
Excel OSP has officially ended it with Asstice. On to bigger and better things. Asstice OSP techs in a total panic . FTTH and HFC outages with staff untrained. Good luck! 😂
Field Operations is now “Network Services”
There was a comment on a topic a week or two ago that said “motion equals progress” referring to the sr leadership. Well I would have to agree with that comment in light of the renaming of Field Operations. It serves no useful purposes other than to... — read more
Welcome back to ATS
Yes, because of our good buddy M.L ATS is back. what does that mean for you in field service? Yep you got that right them dumping jobs on you at random getting four or five fiber installs a day without drops absolutely no care for safety whatsoever... — read more
Didn't see that coming
Another exec leaves they can't even hold on to the ones that can actually make a difference.
Package?
Any idea if the company is going to offer another package? Now we have a Laundry list of tests to run at every home and being threatened with write ups and “ plans” , backbreaking jobs with no drops that take hours to do But hey make sure you give a... — read more
Tech stocks are up…but not ATUS
Tech stocks are up but this looser ends the day at a loss. And no one is surprised.
Micromanaging is a trait of a bad manager
The micromanaging as we all know comes as a result of the Sr leadership not knowing how to run the company. They are all from the world of finance or engineering with no operational knowledge of the CATV/broadband industry regardless of the positions... — read more
W2s
When we getting them?
Tec Trac for back office employees.
Basically these geniuses what the back office employees to account for every minute of their day now. To document every single action taken much like a lawyer would do. So now every time I take a call it is to be documented in TT. If someone stops by... — read more
Lololol🙄
When a Vision pro contractor shows up with no ladders What do you do? Kick his a-s out Pathetic
Customers are paying more so they can pay you less.
https://isp.today/optimums-cable-internet-prices-may-be-going-up/#gsc.tab=0
At my limit the workload is insane
It’s been like that for a long time but it’s becoming worse somehow and it’s really not possible to manage without several more bodies which we will never get. None of these people know how to do anything but tell everyone else what to do and how... — read more
OSP gets screwd on call, trucks are going to be taken away
Thanks Asstice. Optidumb! OSP only gets 4hrs call out one time. WTF. Don't worry JW ill make sure I get to my outages on time ha haha. fyi won't be able to take your trucks home anymore either. Time to bring the Union to all of NJ. What else are... — read more
Cheddar News all got cut
All employees were cut today from Cheddar News !! Another Altice Disaster and more families ruined
FU and your holidays.
Retail lost all of their holidays for 2024 except Thanksgiving and Christmas. The company grabbed them, slapped them across the face and said "Happy New Year, go fu-k yourself". Unionize, unionize, UNIONIZE!
Cheddar News Layoffs
Cheddar News is an example of what not to do. The new owners need to get rid of the current executive producers and the one manager that's still there because they are horrible at their jobs, just look at the content. Speaking of the one manager... — read more
Cablevision Systems Layoffs 2024
Post any information about potential or actual Cablevision Systems layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
Christmas is over
That means that layoffs are about to start again. Probably not this week, but anything after is fair game.
Dumpster Fire
Xfinity is overbuilding Altice in Milford and Watertown, CT with EPON. Xfinity is not in the market to buy Altice All cable cos are posting net losses for Q4. This ship is going to sink because it can’t acquire customers. How do you build a fiber... — read more