Destined To Fail
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Destined To Fail
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#2I simply hate it when companies do that ! They don't take care of their employees and it all goes straight to hell ! * written while sitting in a uncomfortable chair , old keyboard and 5 year old pc ( i make websites ) // end of rant
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#3"He explains how Time Warner issues a specific screw driver which acts as a key to open cable boxes and how the previous owner stripped it trying to open the wrong kind of box; it’s rendered useless. “You’re telling me they knowingly sent you out with broken equipment?” All Bill can do is laugh to himself and give back a defeated, “Yep.”"
Separation of labor from ownership of (broken) means of production leads to hilarity. I bet Marx would have a chuckle over this.
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#4PS: If you are in the Austin area and need a master carpenter, I know a guy who needs you just as much.
This line made me happy.
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#5Funny enough, I sit in the same boat.. tethering on my 6 gig data plan, waiting for my internet technician, only 2 more sleeps to go
Bit off topic, but why aren't people crowdsourcing their internet connection in high rise buildings? I'm sure time warner and every other isp's would just love that
Hope Bill can find work through your post. Kudos.
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#6It's not destined to fail when they have a monopoly.
I can say, though, that Cox does a good job with the benefits of their actual workers. However, most of their workers are outsourced, and are treated the same way as in the article. This also means the actual employees have to fix up the subcontractors' mistakes, because of how badly their incentives are aligned.
Source: a family member who is a Cox employee. I've also known a Comcast employee who had decent benefits for a call center job, but whose authority was sorely limited which made doing his job difficult.
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#7But he and time Warner didn't fail. He sucessfully installed your whatever and TW is getting your money.
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#8I'm concerned that this article contains enough information for TimeWarner to identify Bill. I hope that he doesn't face any retribution.
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#9PS: If you are in the Austin area and need a master carpenter, I know a guy who needs you just as much. This line made me happy.
Came here to make the same comment :)
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#10Two hours to hook up your cable connection? Oh the torture -- better blog about it.