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BT has slapped together the IT Engage and iNet businesses from today, April Fools' Day, but the move is no laughing matter for staff put at risk of redundancy. The telco had merged the dabs, Business Direct and Engage IT operations back in 2011, plonking long-serving exec John Thornhill into the boss seat to oversee …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    BTiNet's engineering side are (were?) quite good. Their back office staff weren't great. I don't want to think how much worse they're gonna get now.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Oh God...

    BT really doesn't need to lose more support staff.

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  3. Alan Brown Silver badge

    Ho hum

    So vastly overpriced BT iNet gets joined up with a few other overpriced subsidiaries.

    Now they can justify their "80% reductions off retail" by pointing to other BT-owned websites - much like PcWorld operates.

    (Never mind that even with their "fantastic discounts" other suppliers' standard retail pricing (and support!) walks all over them.)

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    obvious cost savings in back office duplication

    Read: we will reduce the total headcount by 50% (due to office duplication), and the survivors will be rewarded by not being fired and will face an exciting opportunity to process 200% workload (IT Engage + iNet).

    I'm sure the streamlining is due to make EVERYBODY happy: those to be fired are presented with exciting opportunities for career change, those not to be fired, will have retained their job, and as to the BT... well, it will save a couple of quid, but hey, that's not the main point here, is it?

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    Choose to dilute a company that's making money, let's hope that's they know what they're doing. There's no going back. Once you've pee'd your bed it's always going to whiff a bit.

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