no respect
join:2002-03-30
North Vancouver, BC
|  Canadian Emp ( I work for children!!!!!!)
Working for Shaw reminds me of High School.
I hated High School.
That's the kind of environment at Shaw Cable.
Seems Shaw likes to hire children for their management.
Of all the years in cablevision, I have never seen such a mess. They fire the senior managers and hire kids out of grade school who try to reinvent the wheel. They come in with egos to spare and make everyones lives a living hell!
I love the work I do but I hate this company. Things were a lot better when Rogers Cablesystems was still around. At least they were professional at doing things. That's why Shaw has always been a coat tail rider. They are not at the forefront of technology. They care nothing about customers, employees, and quality of the infrastructure. Without these vital elements, how are you suppose to make money?
I'd like to finish with a famous quote....
"I've been here before you, and I'll be here after you"
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mad shaw emp
@198.64.x.x
| Seems things are the same whether they are in canada or in texas it does not matter. One of the first things shaw did was fire the senior manager over the texas systems. He had been with the company for about 23 years. Then during the rebuild they send us nothing but junk to use for amps and nodes. They want us to provide digital television and internet service useing 550 nodes, that have been rebuilt a dozen times. |
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ihateshaw4
join:2002-03-31
Surrey, BC |  reply to no respect
I totally agree! |
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ihateshaw4
join:2002-03-31
Surrey, BC
| Not all Canadian companies are as bad as Shaw. These guys take the cake. I work for Shaw in Western Canada (Shaw's largest system with around 1 million subscribers) and their management style has been unbelievable since their take-over of our cable system about 1 1/2 years ago from Rogers Cablesystems. Since the switch over, the company has been run by a team of kids who know nothing about the Cable industry. It's tough looking up to a management team who could easy be my kids. They spent money last year like rich kids using daddy's credit card. They control their employees by inflicting fear on them. Anybody that does not buy into the Shaw way of thinking is quickly disposed of.
On another note: Somebody in another posting stated that Shaw didn't give them anything for Christmas. Well, this past years company Christmas party in Vancouver was held at the Trade and Convention Centre and had 1800 staff and friends attend. Shaw paid for dinner, 2 live bands and all the alcohol you could drink! Not to mention the development of Shaw Tower (40 storey building, ready in 2004) Located on Vancouver's most prestigious waterfront location which is going to cost Millions! Does this sound like a company in financial trouble? All their inexperience in managing a company is finally coming to a dead-end. They are now cutting 400+ jobs in Canada and raising both cable & Internet rates by $3.00/month and selling off the US systems.
The ship is finally sinking and the passengers are going to have to pay. |
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