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Written: Nov 30 '00
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Pros: SOME GOOD PEOPLE LEFT FROM LIBERTY
Cons: UNQUALIFIED PERSONAL
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| Unterman's Full Review: RCN Cable |
ONLY WISH MY FORMER CEO DAVID McCOURT WAS ABLE TO HEAR THIS FROM ME FACE TO FACE.
I WAS HIRED AS THE LEAD TECHNICIAN FOR LIBERTY CABLE AT THE LAST PART OF 1996,LIBERTY CABLE OF MANHATTAN HAD 300 BLDGS HOOKED UP WITH OVER THE AIR AML MICROWAVE CABLE SYSTEMS.I HAD OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE CABLE INDUSTRY BEFORE JIONING UP WITH LIBERTY AND ALSO WAS AN AML TROUBLESHOOTER.COMING UP THE LADDER FROM A CABLE INSTALLER-TO HEADEND TECH AT TELEPROMTER MANHATTAN [ 18 YEARS ]AND GOING ON AND WORKING FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES [U.A.COLUMBIA,CABLE RESOURCES,AMRAC CABLEVISION,RIVERVIEW CABLEVISION STATEN ISLAND CABLE ,I WAS WELL QUIALIFIED FOR MY POSITION AT RCN.THE ONLY TECHNICIAN THAT HAD CABLE EXPERTISE ITR SEEMED WAS ME.SOON I WAS MADE THE ACTIVATION SUPERVISOR OF FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERTING THERE MICROVAVE BLDGS TO FIBER .AFTER RCN PURCHASED LIBERTY THE PEOPLE STARTED COMING IN FROM ALL OVER,UNQUALIFIED PERSONAL FROM ALL TYPES WERE BEING HIRED AT HIGH SALARIES UNJUSTLY.TELEPHONE PEPOLE WERE BEING HIRED THAT WERE LET GO BY BELL COMPANIES AND HIRED AT MY RATE OF PAY.SUPERVISORS WERE BROUGHT IN TO MANAGE ME BUT WANTED ME TO TRAIN THEM AT THERE CONVIENCES, I REFUSED TO AND THATS WHEN I WAS CONSIDERED A BAD INFLUENCE ON OTHER EMPLOYEES.MANAGERS CREATED THE STORY THAT I HAD CALLED FELLOW BLACK WORKERS THE N WORD WHEN I CONFRONTED THEM IN THE FIELD [A COMPLETE LIE]AND RUMERS HAD BEEN PAST AROUND THE OFFICE THAT I WAS PREJUDICE TOWARD
BLACKS AND SPANISH PEOPLE [GROWING UP AT 193 ST IN WASHINGTON HIEGTHS]
MAKES ME FAR FROM BEING A PREJUDICE PERSON IWOULD THINK.THE MANAGERS GAVE ME NO OTHER CHOICE BUT. TO LOOK FOR HELP WITH MY FORMER FRIENDS THAT I KNEW FROM UPTOWN THAT WERE MEMBERS OF LOCAL #3.THE LOCAL SAID THEY WERE INTERESTED IN MAKING RCN A UNION SHOP AND I SHOULD GET AS MANY MEMBERS TO JION AS I COULD BY HAVING THEM SIGN CARDS SUGGESTING THIS.WORD GOT OUT OF THIS AND PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH ME.THINGS GOT BAD WHEN I WASN,T INVITED TO COMPANY YEARLY MEETINGS AND BENEFITS THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE GETTING AND I WAS NOT .IT ALL CAME TO A HEAD ON FEB14 1999 WHEN I WENT TO THE MAIN OFFICE AT 1 PENN PLAZA AND ASKED THE MANAGER OF CELL PHONES AND BEEPERS WHY,BEING THE TIER TWO TECH ,I HAVEN,T BEEN CALLED OUT FOR AN OUTAGE IN OVER THREE WEEKS,[LOSEING MONEY ]TO MY SURPRISE THE MANAGER [KIM LEE ]TOLD ME THE BEEPER COMPANY HAD BEEN CHANGED
I RESPONED WITH I CAN,T BELIEVE THIS AND TOLD HER SHE WASN,T DOING HER JOB .SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE IS GOING TO HER SUPERVISOR BECUASE UNDER MY BREATH I SAID IV,E BEEN DOING CABLE TV FOR 25 YEARS LONGER THAN MOST OF YOU OFFICE WORKERS HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY.FOR THIS STATMENT TAKEN OUT OF TEXT I WAS FIRED THE NEXT DAY WITH NO SERVERENCE PAY .SINCE THAN I HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER JOB WITH A HIGH TECH ISP [WIRED ENVIORNMENTS ] AND DOING GOOD .IWENT TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AND MADE A CASE AGAINST RCN.THE OTHER DAY THE SENT ME A LETTER SAYING RCN DENIES THAT THEY FIRED ME FOR UNION SOLICITING I DISAGREE AND APPEALED THE CASE TO WASHINGTON AND AM WAITING FOR THERE ANSWER .WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT WILL BE
UNFORTUNATLY,MY POSITION IS THIS.ALL I KNEW WAS CABLE TV FROM 1970 TILL NOW THATS ALL I DID ,IWAS A POOR KID WITH A 11TH GRADE EDUCATION THAT DEDICATED MYSELF TO EMPLOYERS THAT CARED ABOUT EMPLOYEES,RCN DOES NOT I,M THE EXAMPLE .IF DAVE McCOURT HAD ANY BALLS HE WOULD HAVE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED BUT UNFORTUNATLY HE KNOWS THAT WHEN THEY LET ME GO IT WAS THERE MANAGERS [A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT GOT THERE JOBS BY HAVING THE RELATIVES WORKING IN HUMAN RESOURCES ,[A FACT I KNOW ABOUT]ALL OVER RCN,S CORPORATE OFFICES ,BIG MISTAKE AS THEY REALIZE BECAUSE OF THE CASE I PRODUCED .I THANK GOD THAT BEING THE SURVIVER I AM FORM GROWING UP WITH THE POOR PEOPLE UPTOWN I WAS ABLE TO GET THREW THIS AND NOT BE SET BACK .OTHER GUYS WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME PUT OUT OF WORK LIKE I WAS [TWO CHILDREN TO SUPPORT]THAT WAS CRUEL MY OPINION IS THAT RCN WAS THE WORST CABLE TV COMPANY I EVER WORKED FOR BECAUSE OF ALL THE PHONIES THAT WORK THERE .DAVE McCORT AND RCN GAVE ALOT OF NASTY AND LOW LIFE PEOPLE THE AAMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE WITHOUT PAYING THE DUES THAT SOCIETY LAYS DOWN FOR ALL HONEST AND WELL DESERVING PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET IN MY 30 YEARS IN THE CABLE INDUSTRY.RCN THE FIRST AND THE WORST CABLE BUNDLED SERVICES INAMERICA
YOURS TRULY
STEVEN UNTERMAN
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