Frontier is facing 5 million dollars in fines for using contractors in CT. Contractors have no oversight and are causing electrical outages for unsafe practices.
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Contractors are the devil.
And not to mention, how many times techs have to be sent back out to fix a contractor's mess...
You can say that, but it works more the other way around, with their NA's, "can't do the job I work on cable," customer won't give me access (alley accessible)
And not to mention, how many times techs have to be sent back out to fix a contractor's mess...
GTE was a pack of "pantywaist"
Calling people "pantywaist" is fine we're still at the bank with our pension and 401. How's Frontier serving you now. You must be in West Virginia. I got some Pepsi to sell you for a carton of cigarettes. People like you crack me up. Only a rube hick would call someone a "pantywaist"
yes. pantywaist. lmao.
I started with gte in 1996 and retired in 2020 from frontier. Back then we didn't have vacant pairs or lijs to switch to so we actually had to troubleshoot and fix the problem. We used our meters to find shorts grounds cross pairs and opens. We would also strap pairs to find issues on circuits. Any questions?
Back then they didn't have JPD's you actually did your job, but for some reason they decided to punish everyone by this metric. They wouldn't fire the "lazy fs" for phantom knocks resulting in NA's, can't locate address, a twig by the pole resulting in unsafe climbing space, here's a good one "a jack specialist will come by and attach a jack along with the I/O from the nid" that one was great. Gotta admire the lazy tech fk that thought of it. Thank the union. First time in real time I've seen an organization cut their own throat. Awesome! Glad i left in 2020 also. Hahhaha laughing all the way to the bank with my lump sum AND 401
2tvx+1hX96sBb fair point.
That actually makes more sense.
5 years? I'd give it 9 months in certain states. FTR isn't even trying to mask their neglect in the copper plant in OH. They refuse to backfill people that retire/quit and have absolutely NO spare fleet vehicles to use as loaners for the existing tech trucks that are on their last leg and failing daily. The fact that fiber's being deployed in certain markets in my state is giving some employees false hope. I personally think they're putting lipstick on the pig in an attempt to sell it off.
@1ugn+1hX96sBb when all else fails, make personal attacks right? Frontier sucks and y'alls only response is "if you're so good, then leave" or "you should sell more of our cr-p services so we can hire more cheap slave labor from India and contractors." Ftr will likely be sold off in 5 years or so.
By the way I had to go back on so many jobs turned back by worthless techs. Remember these? Customer not home, no access, dog in yard, customer reschedule job, unable to locate, customer cancelled, customer requests different tech, no trouble found. Oh and we would repair buried drops using a buried drop locator 'hound dog' instead of just throwing house wire on the ground where it was damaged every week until contractor buried it.
I started with gte in 1996 and retired in 2020 from frontier. Back then we didn't have vacant pairs or lijs to switch to so we actually had to troubleshoot and fix the problem. We used our meters to find shorts grounds cross pairs and opens. We would also strap pairs to find issues on circuits. Any questions?
Probably "learned the job" using a bag tone / tone probe and just changing the cable pair on every job instead of learning how to troubleshoot, locate and fix the problem. You're probably just knowledgeable enough to be one of the contractors that we're discussing on this thread. Id--t.
More of Frontiers practice of stepping over a dollar to pick up a dime. If they just paid their employees well like Verizon and GTE did and stop trying to nickel and dime everything. They’d be much better off. However, that’s hard to get across to upper management and executives trying to make a name for themselves. They eventually WILL make a name for themselves. I suppose if directing a failed company into failure is what one hopes to have on their resumes. They will no doubt be well versed.
It’s interesting however, that none of them can get badges to be let into the COs. Hmmmm. I wonder why that is. I hope frontier is stupid enough to try and replace their techs with contractors. Contractors will be the iceberg that sinks Frontier.
The reason they can be hired is because Frontier only vets the contracting company. That’s their out. The contracting company can hire whomever they please, if sh-t hits the fan, Frontier can assume plausible deniability that they didn’t know less than stellar or legal individuals were working on their plant or being allowed access to their Central Offices. Really sounds like a federal attorneys wet dream.
Does this really surprise anyone. These contractors in California barely speak English if at all. They are hired because they are willing to work for the least amount of money. If they are breathing they are trained. It’s interesting however, that none of them can get badges to be let into the COs. Hmmmm. I wonder why that is. I hope frontier is stupid enough to try and replace their techs with contractors. Contractors will be the iceberg that sinks Frontier.
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