Talk Talk at "Talk Talk"

Sully

blaa85 wrote: »

If you don't have anything valuable to add to the thread then don't add it. Although I could quote the last three pages...

Likewise.

Lets keep on topic. PLEASE!

fitzeyboy.

I've heard that a lot of them have now received jobs with Bioware in Galway. Lucky feckers in Bioware to be opening a call centre with lots of recently unemployed call centre workers.

Cabaal

fitzeyboy. wrote: »

I've heard that a lot of them have now received jobs with Bioware in Galway. Lucky feckers in Bioware to be opening a call centre with lots of recently unemployed call centre workers.

I've heard the opposite...that very few have even got interviews with Bioware

timefora_J

fitzeyboy. wrote: »

I've heard that a lot of them have now received jobs with Bioware in Galway. Lucky feckers in Bioware to be opening a call centre with lots of recently unemployed call centre workers.

Some applied for jobs with them but I haven't heard of anyone being successful yet.

shinzon

Cabaal wrote: »

I've heard the opposite...that very few have even got interviews with Bioware

Agreed here alright, i know a few that have progressed through to stage 2 of the interviews, which is the video interview, but havent heard anyone go through to stage 3 yet which is the face to face interview. Im still waiting for a reply to the app i put through but no e-mail as yet and I dont expect to get it, although acknowledgement of the receipt of the application would be nice.

Shin

Kotek Besar

shinzon wrote: »

havent heard anyone go through to stage 3 yet which is the face to face interview.

I know one person who did. But he didn't sign anything.

shinzon

Kotek Besar wrote: »

I know one person who did. But he didn't sign anything.

Nice one fingers crossed for him/her

Shin

fitzeyboy.

I stand corrected. Never listening to that source again.

Minstrel27

shinzon wrote: »

Im still waiting for a reply to the app i put through but no e-mail as yet and I dont expect to get it, although acknowledgement of the receipt of the application would be nice.

I have heard of the same happening to a few people. You should contact them to make sure your application went through.

BlaasForRafa

So thats it, TalkTalk aka AOL has closed. A community of 600 people split up and cast off to the four winds, some to jobs in other cities in ireland and some abroad, some back to education and some to the dole.

Our man in Havana

So when can we spill the beans on the place?

MitchKoobski

But we would never want to do anything to tarnish the good name of the company! :P

Professey Chin

Im guessing there shall be much alcamahol flowing then!

BlaasForRafa

Our man in Havana wrote: »

So when can we spill the beans on the place?

after the redundancy money is paid into peoples accounts

MitchKoobski

Shortt's/Crystal is gonna do some business on the €3 drinks tonight!

Kotek Besar

Shame Dido didn't make an appearance.

Buford T Justice

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Lads it's only a proposed closure. By definition that means that closure may well not go ahead.

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Yes and everyone is only at risk of redundancy. All within the law and all that jazz.

Legal mumbo jumbo. They can't legally say that they're closing the site until after the 30 days consultation is over. Its their intention we all know that, but they can only say the decision has been made to close after the consultation.

fitzeyboy. wrote: »

I've heard that a lot of them have now received jobs with Bioware in Galway. Lucky feckers in Bioware to be opening a call centre with lots of recently unemployed call centre workers.

Be wary of that place. Our old contact center manager now manages the call center there. She is a raging bully on a major power trip. She is ruthless, relentless and walking bastard... I only stuck her for as long as I did because I reported to my boss and she hated her in equal measure. I won't name her publicly, but if anyone wants to know her name if it'll help an application then pm me

AndyKiely

Buford T Justice wrote: »

Be wary of that place. Our old contact center manager now manages the call center there. She is a raging bully on a major power trip. She is ruthless, relentless and walking bastard... I only stuck her for as long as I did because I reported to my boss and she hated her in equal measure. I won't name her publicly, but if anyone wants to know her name if it'll help an application then pm me

I wouldn't let the fact a call center manager may be on a power trip put me off the fact that it is a good paying job in a climate where jobs are not easy to come by.

I think that you would always hear horror stories about bosses no matter where you go. "So an so is on a power trip" "Such an such is a complete asshole". If people let things like that put them off accepting jobs then most likely no one would have a job.

If offered the job in BioWare I'd take it in a heartbeat. But hey thats just my opinion. Other people might let themselves be put off by the reputation of another person.

Kotek Besar

AndyKiely wrote: »

I wouldn't let the fact a call center manager may be on a power trip put me off the fact that it is a good paying job in a climate where jobs are not easy to come by.

I think that you would always hear horror stories about bosses no matter where you go. "So an so is on a power trip" "Such an such is a complete asshole". If people let things like that put them off accepting jobs then most likely no one would have a job.

If offered the job in BioWare I'd take it in a heartbeat. But hey thats just my opinion. Other people might let themselves be put off by the reputation of another person.

Gerry Conlon!

blobbyblob

ATTENTION TALK TALK TECHIES: An old buddy from AOL Dublin has been in touch with me in regards to jobs going at his company. They generally do a standard tech test (heavy focus on either networking (netscaler/branch repeater); Windows (XenApp, XenDesktop) or Virtualization (XenServer). They're EMEA support, so any polyglots would have an advantage. It's a decent company, about the size AOL was in Ireland when Waterford opened, and is growing fast. If your looking to move to Dublin, pop me a message and I'll give you his email.

Buford T Justice

AndyKiely wrote: »

I wouldn't let the fact a call center manager may be on a power trip put me off the fact that it is a good paying job in a climate where jobs are not easy to come by.

I think that you would always hear horror stories about bosses no matter where you go. "So an so is on a power trip" "Such an such is a complete asshole". If people let things like that put them off accepting jobs then most likely no one would have a job.

If offered the job in BioWare I'd take it in a heartbeat. But hey thats just my opinion. Other people might let themselves be put off by the reputation of another person.

Fair point, and I'm not trying to put anyone off, in fact, I'm offering her name if anyone wants it to help with an application.

She is a bully, who uses bullyboy tactics to get what she wants. She is consistently condescending and belittling. Consolation is that you would have Team leader / Team manager as a buffer between you and her.

KevIRL

The Talk Talk cull of 'onshore' jobs continues. The Northampton site was told today its closing and also workers in Preston were told the site is transferring to an outscoucer. Hope none of the Waterford workers up rooted to the UK and got this news today

BlaasForRafa

KevIRL wrote: »

The Talk Talk cull of 'onshore' jobs continues. The Northampton site was told today its closing and also workers in Preston were told the site is transferring to an outscoucer. Hope none of the Waterford workers up rooted to the UK and got this news today

I don't think there was too many that chose to go to the uk, I laughed when they asked me. Talktalk are like a text book case of how to run a good company (AOL Broadband) into the ground, better off out of there at this stage.

Finnbar01

KevIRL wrote: »

The Talk Talk cull of 'onshore' jobs continues. The Northampton site was told today its closing and also workers in Preston were told the site is transferring to an outscoucer. Hope none of the Waterford workers up rooted to the UK and got this news today

Where are they outsourcing their jobs too.

Kotek Besar

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Where are they outsourcing their jobs too.

Eishtec? The irony..

Psychedelic

Did anyone else hear anything about a new company moving into the Talk Talk building?

KevIRL

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Where are they outsourcing their jobs too.

The Northampton ones to Manilla apparently. The Preston site is being bought by an outsourcer called Careline and will continue to take TT calls there.

Re Eishtec....Wouldnt rule out TT calls ending up there at some point in the future, a lot of ready trained staff and the TT model seems to be entirely in association with outscource partners now. Stranger things have happened!

BlaasForRafa

KevIRL wrote: »

The Northampton ones to Manilla apparently. The Preston site is being bought by an outsourcer called Careline and will continue to take TT calls there.

Re Eishtec....Wouldnt rule out TT calls ending up there at some point in the future, a lot of ready trained staff and the TT model seems to be entirely in association with outscource partners now. Stranger things have happened!

So thats why there was a bunch of ex-Waterford staff out in Manila for the last few months. Some sort of irony there I suppose.

Media999

Psychedelic wrote: »

Did anyone else hear anything about a new company moving into the Talk Talk building?

No just you which means its most likely Bull**** :pac:

dark crystal

I see the old AOL/TalkTalk building was recently sold and today I saw some work going on in there.

Any ideas who's going in?