Is the rebuild working even in this weather? Seems to me it is a bit of a hazard to send people out to build the plant especially in gusts that will exceed 40mph in most areas. Being in a bucket is a safety hazard above 30 according to manufacturers... — read more 

High noon looms for Altice’s Patrick Drahi Every cable cowboy has to face the sheriff sometime. Franco-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi, a protege of boot-wearing, ranch-owning industry legend John Malone, knows it. After a bruising 2017, where... — read more 

Altice USA drops Starz from its cable systems Altice USA dropped pay premium service Starz from its Optimum cable systems over the weekend. The decision follows what the cable company called “numerous attempts” to secure a deal with the premium... — read more 

You should all discuss going union. Dont know why you all are suffering like this. Band together and hit him where it hurts.

any thoughts?

Any one else have their sick time go to Zero after the " new and improved " time tracking system? I have asked multiple times about it with no answers given about it. Kind of odd. Nothing said about us losing it or then taking that away but it's... — read more 

FSA account card ??? New Medical cards ??? What a joke

Cheapo doesn’t want to pay STARZ Ch will go dark on Jan 1 ....

Where’s the Winter Gear !!!! Think I am leaving my truck ?!!!

'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the plant, The sound of cracking fiber, bowing, bent and slant... Crickle-clackle, crickle-clackle, the sound that we hear, 'Cause Drahi told us to tape it up there... We have no more bonus, no holiday... — read more 

The amount of times Drahi has bent us over and f---ed us for every penny we have has made him a p--nstar, I want out but I don’t know where to go, Spectrum? Fios? Help someone

Those are the rumored pricing for the fiber offering residential level

That credit check email very suspect hard to trust your personal info with these guys

is this happening anywhere??

A lot of fiber has been hung in Stamford Greenich and Norwalk, when will the rest of the footprint be finished? I’ve heard mixed rumors of Bridgeport being done with fiber ranging from too poor for investment/urban dense good money, which one is... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/20/tax-reform-reaction-att-is-giving-bonuses-to-200000-employees.html

Anyone hear anything about them no longer reimbursing tuition for ATS employees? Says it on the marquee that it doesnt apply to unions and ATS now. Slap in the face after managers said they would keep everything the same.

Let's see what happens when the market open today. I personally don't know how it works but from what I gather anyone who bought AUSA stock pre IPO I think, how that works got me but they can sell. Me personally I would drop that sh-- like a bad... — read more 

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Heard a rumor of an offer to change some coordinator positions to part time. Supposedly there will be an incentve $. But of course a reduction in benefits. Could be a good deal for the right person.

Boi how many times do I have to visit a house to troubleshoot

Sales and customer service employees sharing the Christmas spirit. Giving to the kids, giving to their communities. Amazing how customer service and sales are the heart of the company. I can't wait to see if they post pics of all the AUSA holiday... — read more 

Cablevision used to be a good company to work for - until it sold to Altice. Since then some benefits and holiday bonuses have been stripped to ‘trim the fat’ as they say. Yet our benefit contributions are increasing - how is that even possible?... — read more 

Any day now. Although its not a big deal for me cause of my position. But I see some of the field service guys and they look like they just got done playing in the mud their yellow sweatshirts are so dirty.

Hearing vacation time chatter. Anyone hear that you will lose any accrual during the course of the year after 120 hr Mark?

PARIS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Telecoms and cable company Altice has dropped its bid to roll out its own costly broadband fibre technology across France by 2025, a senior executive said, to help rein in investment costs in response to plunge in its... — read more 

It's come down to this, drahi's aggressive penny pinching, next on there agenda besides reshuffling and removing etime/pay in this company there will no longer be purchasing plastic utensils for there employees for depots and most likely company... — read more 

Today I had a near miss. Large line truck with ats badges driving illegally on Garden State Parkway. Do they even know it's non commercial?

Metrics at Cablevision call centers are absolute garbage. It's like the management is either completely clueless about how things work below them and want the impossible or they're simply doing this on purpose to have an easy excuse to fire people... — read more 

Altice Is An Attractive Short Dec. 11, 2017 12:34 PM • ATUS Summary When the ATUS IPO lockup expires on Dec. 19, 2017, the company's pre-IPO shareholders and insiders will finally be able to sell their restricted shares. The number of shares... — read more 

Why would this company want to get rid of this crew of people? They were great support for OSP. Very upset with this decision. Now the ROCLI will have double the workload. This company intentions are all wrong. Thanks Altice USA for nothing!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amazon-drivers-forced-deliver-200-11668823 This sounds exactly like what altice has done with Ats. It is only a matter of time before they have the same systems fully in place. Think of the Amazon drivers as techs... — read more 

Just wondering if any other Depot has a guy that watches the Fleetmatics all day tracking guys who are on FTTH ??? Not a Sup but the laziest construction tech to work out of Hawthorne N.Y. I can’t believe they stress US to put up feet upon feet of... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-01/how-debt-boomeranged-on-a-telco-that-loves-junk-quicktake-q-a

Knicks owner James Dolan named in civil suit against Harvey Weinstein New York Knicks owner James Dolan and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry have been named as defendants in a civil suit filed against movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The suit... — read more