[calgoo]

I work for a relatively big European Network Provider and hoster who got privatized last year. Its not all horrible, but there is a lot of BS going around all the time. The worst are the rumors. You try not to listen to them, but when you are not sure if you have a job in 3 months, and you have spent at least a year more less in the same place, it does get to you. The word from above normally talks a lot of cost cutting and Sales! Sales! Sales!, which makes everyone else who is not part of Sales feel even more left out, as if their jobs are not important.

When people start saying things like: "I don't care, but just tell me if I have a job or not" things are bad. The job market is still bad here in Spain, so a good paying job is hard to get these days. That means a lot of people stick around just for the financials.

I have found some small personal opportunities as well, such as being able to work more from home, making changes in my area regarding things such as legacy products, but anything that costs money is normally out of the question.

[Ecio78]

I am sorry to read about is, I think I know which provider you are talking about based on some details you provided, and I can only say good things about the services (phone and network) when I used them in Italy (2005-2011). At that time it was considered one of the best, and also used to hired the best. I heard it started going worse with good people leaving around the end of that period, it seems it's not going better..