Openreach Service Delivery Transformation

Some things you need to consider:

• If this proposal is accepted Openreach will abandon Project Beck which involved moving nearly 9000 people out of BT Openreach into a cartel of contracting companies. This is not just a consideration for those people working in complex; it would weaken us all.
• If these proposals are agreed Openreach is committed to continuing a voluntary approach to redundancy. In the current economic climate this is no small thing; there are large surpluses forecast regardless of the impact of Project Beck.
• If these proposals are agreed Openreach have also committed to seeking alternative work, bringing back in house work currently done by contractors, and returning off-shored work.
• The ability to seek and successfully bid for the installation and maintenance of products and services that use high speed broadband is crucial. As the Next Generation Access rolls out it will transform the network and this future alternative work will be vital to protect jobs.
• The price for these safeguards and commitments is the acceptance of new attendance patterns to be agreed within the proposed Framework Agreement.
• No one undervalues the deeply felt opinions held on this issue and the potential impact of change to work life balance.
• For some that impact will be too high a price to pay for others the safeguards and commitments will be more compelling. And there will be all shades of opinion in between.