How many staff has Plusnet lost to the new Sky support centre?

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Sky recently opened a new Customer Service Centre in Sheffield, they were due to start taking live calls just over a week ago: http://skycustomercentres.com/sheffield/
The obvious conclusion is that this was a deliberate ploy to harm Plusnet by pinching their trained staff.
So how many took Murdock's shilling and how much effect has it had on Plusnet service levels?

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Is Sheffield the new Mumbia? Oh golly gosh.

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As a lifelong Sheffielder I'm not sure how to answer that....suffice to say we do have a thriving Asian community.

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Quote from: AlaricAdair

Is Sheffield the new Mumbia? Oh golly gosh.

Quote from: Strat

<snip>.suffice to say we do have a thriving Asian community.

Who will have no idea where Mumbia is - Mumbai well perhaps or do they still call it Bombay 

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The obvious conclusion is that this was a deliberate ploy to harm Plusnet by pinching their trained staff.

See, the conclusion i came to is that.
Sheffield has a majorly declining steel industry.
This means lots of unemployed people
lots of unemployed people = lots of people willing to work for "money" (any amount, they have to live)
The fact that it saddles up "in the same city" as Plusnet is probably coincidental. And Sheffield is quite a big place, Have SKY put their centre next to PN's? that would certainly be the case then!
Also i would expect that PN are now about to outgrow their "New" premesis they moved into a few years ago (thanks to massive customer explosion and decent packages)
PlusNet will probably be looking for somewhere bigger/better site to move into anyway - and the opposite could happen (PN move to a premesis near sky, take away some of their 'new' talent)
Regards

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Quote from: Matt_2k34

Have SKY put their centre next to PN's?....

15 minutes walk.......in either direction
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Tenter+Street,+Sheffield&daddr=53.38286,-1.46997+to:Sheaf+Street...

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Thanks for that Strat.
Although the problem i see with this is, - if you look at the map you've got one close to the railway, and both share (i would imagine) a steady stream of college students looking for work 

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15 minutes walk

Wonder if that means you'll get people working for both - would be interesting...

Regards

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College and University...absolutely.
I did consider applying for a job at PN myself but have been unable to grow my hair long enough

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I've heard a rumour that the first thing they are teaching their new Night Staff to say is...
"Please turn off your Router and leave it until the Morning"......!!
...but it's just a Rumour...! 

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Rumour I heard was that PN staff now say " you're through to Sky, how may we help" and wait for the confused voice on other end of line  

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Quote from: Strat

. I did consider applying for a job at PN myself but have been unable to grow my hair long enough

Now that was not nice, I'm sure there are some with short hair if you look hard enough

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AFAIK it was a very small amount, off the top of my head I can't actually name any CSC staff who have gone there (doesn't mean that there aren't any though).
We're still recruiting too.

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Quote from: glloyd

Quote from: Strat . I did consider applying for a job at PN myself but have been unable to grow my hair long enough Now that was not nice, I'm sure there are some with short hair if you look hard enough

Well I have practically no hair if it's any consolation?

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You must have been employed purely on you talent then Bob  If having long hair gives you a leg up I best get my CV over to you while I still have some. Chances of a job their are thinning at the same rate as my hair 

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Quote from: Chris

We're still recruiting too.

You'll get plenty of takers after they become fed up of handling SKY complaints.