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As a team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrived here on Monday, the government said the U.S. has "promised" total support in probing involvement of terror suspects David Headley and Tahawwur Rana, presently in U.S. custody, in plotting crimes in India.
"Investigations are on in the matter. The FBI team is here and we have been assured all cooperation from the U.S. investigating agencies. So we are awaiting the first report of the investigation," External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters on the sidelines of the second India-Africa Hydrocarbon Conference.
Sources in the government said the team had held discussions with their Indian counterparts in Mumbai and were likely to share information on the alleged links of Headley and Rana with 26/11 terror attacks and several persons in India.
The team also held talks with National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials and other agencies, the sources said. It is learnt that the FBI officials gave some information about Rana and Headley and also assured the Indian probe agencies that they would share more as the interrogation of the two progressed.
Indian intelligence agencies believe that Headley was the "missing link" in the Mumbai attacks as he had reportedly supplied photographs, maps and other details to the Lashkar terrorists who travelled clandestinely to Mumbai from Karachi.
On October 3 the FBI arrested Headley, born in Pakistan but settled in the U.S. for his alleged links with an international terror network. Rana, a Canadian citizen also of Pakistani origin and believed to be Headley's accomplice, was arrested on October 18. He was operating an immigration centre in Chicago.
Investigations have indicated that they were working on behalf of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit and were planning attacks in India.
Last month when CIA chief Leon Panetta met National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan here, he had pointed to the links of Headley and Rana, the two terror plotters, with some elements in Pakistan's ISI set-up.
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"Poor treatment of new staff "
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- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
I worked at Zen Internet full-time (more than a year)
ProsLaid back atmosphere.
Safe job if you don't mind staying in your current role.
Free fruit and coffee.
If it's broadband you want you won't find a friendlier more helpful company.ConsI worked at Zen from January 2012 to June 2014. I am a very experienced professional in my field but at Zen there is a culture of giving 'jobs to the boys' so that if you have been with the company over 5 years you will get the pick of the jobs, experience and skills irrelevant. If you are new (less than 5 years) chances are you'll never get out of the position you are currently in. Product Managers and senior management refuse to take advice unless you are part of the 'click' or have been there years.
Extremely two-faced management and unfortunate lack of vision.
I don't wish to knock Zen too much as I believe that they believe the culture is cool and laid back and happy. There is a strong sub-text and a lot of people I spoke to shared my feelings but didn't have the options I had in finding another job very quickly as soon as I decided Zen was not for me.
I joined because I assumed Zen would be a great place to work and progress for the remaining 10-15 years I have before I retired. I was wrong.Advice to ManagementAdviceListen to your staff - especially new staff. If they have skills that are of value don't ignore them or pas them over.
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEO -
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"What job did I apply for again? "
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- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
I have been working at Zen Internet full-time (more than a year)
ProsMost of the staff are good to get on with - but they employ far to many and its difficult to see what some people do.
Free fruit & coffee - but you have to be quick off the mark to get any before the stampede.
Nice offices - but beginning to feel overcrowded.ConsIf you are ambitious... don't come to Zen Internet. Opportunities are non existent. They will go external!
If you want a good salary... don't come to Zen Internet. No commission payable in sales !?!?!?
If you want to progress your career... don't come to Zen Internet. The job you apply for will Inevitably not match the one you will end up doing.
That said, Zen Internet really is the easiest job you could wish for! No pressure to perform and hit targets, and no repercussions if you don't. You really could sit around and do nothing for a week - I've seen it done!Advice to ManagementAdviceHappy staff - If you are happy to just stay in the same role and pick up a basic salary, regardless of the job you actually end up with, 9-5, you couldn't ask for a better company to work for.
Happy customers - Zen Internet are always behind their competitors, so its their customer base that suffers.
Happy suppliers - Zen Internet pay all bills on time, but have no 'weight' with their main suppliers BT & Vodafone. I'd be happy with Zen Internet as a customer - a push over.Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEO -
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"Promising start, but too many things are wrong "
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I worked at Zen Internet full-time (more than 5 years)
ProsI worked in various different technical roles during my time at Zen starting in tech support, and generally speaking enjoyed my time there. There are a lot of issues with redundant staff (mostly managers), and quality of the systems used however.
There is opportunity to move through the company if you want to. I had three different roles within 7 years.
Reasonable priced canteen, although the food is not always the best quality. Free fruit, coffee etc.
Good place to commute to. Right on the motorway, so you don't need to journey into deepest darkest Rochdale.ConsThere are a lot of people who managed to get paid for doing very little
The salary is a joke. 6 month reviews, although don't expect anything more than a 1.5% pay rise if you're lucky. Also no salary increase for changing roles.
People's ability to park in the car park is dire, not helped by the old faded white lines. Management have refused to get them repainted to make them more obvious.
All training I was given was 'soft skill' training. Nothing directly job related.
There is a lot of talk of following the defined processes as set out as part of ISO 9001. Not everyone follows them however, and management actively encourage forgetting about them when they get in the way. Surely fixing the process to work for you is the correct way to go? (Regularly reviewing the processes is actually a part of ISO 9001)
Lots of manual repetitive tasks in the 'NOC', who should be responsible for maintaining and upgrading the network, however are actually responsible for provisioning leased lines. There was a lot of talk about streamlining the process, and the systems development team did a lot of work to 'improve' things. This boiled down to getting the systems to automatically send emails between teams instead of a human. Effort would have been better focused on working out how to automatically provision this stuff onto the network which would have cut down on hours of unneeded work, and reduce staffing costs.
Their in-house CRM is awful. Most fields are free form, with no validation, which allows you to enter things like 'bert' for a customers telephone number. This makes automating things almost impossible. They have a mountain to climb if they actually want to streamline the business, but nobody seems keep to actually start.Advice to ManagementAdviceDitch zebra. The data in there is terrible quality which makes it impossible to actually create new products.
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO -
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"Happy Staff - OR ELSE!!! "
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- Career Opportunities
I worked at Zen Internet full-time (more than 3 years)
ProsFree Fruit and coffee. Good Canteen. Flexible Hours. Nice Office Environment. Some nice people work there.
ConsHaving a mission of 'Happy Staff' you would think that Zen would encourage staff to be happy. In fact the opposite is true. Its a case of 'You WILL appear to be happy OR ELSE!'
The senior management team give the impression that everything is all relaxed, allowing you to do things at your own pace, and giving the impression that they about you. The reality is a ruthless demanding regime where you must deliver miracles immediately or they will get rid of you.
Everyone seams to be just left to wallow, without any direction or real support. If you are struggling a little with your job, don't extect any sympathy. This is seen as an intolerable weekness, and you will be shown the door. HR won't help you, they will put the boot in and fast-track the exit process.
There are some very sneaky back-stabbing people in Zen. Crawling along to your manager, instead of having the guts to talk to you directly.
It used to be a good place to work, but recently some 'little hitlers' have been recruited who are the usual self centred aggressive corporate, hire and fire, my way or the highway types - intent on making life a misery for everyone.
Really not a pleasant place to work in any more.Advice to ManagementAdviceStop recruiting idiots, and be more supportive to existing staff. Give people a chance.
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEO -
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"Beaten wife syndrome - "I'm only doing this for your own good, honey" "
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- Career Opportunities
I have been working at Zen Internet full-time (less than a year)
ProsFree fruits and monthly 15 min massage - a novelty
Salary isn't too bad - if you can tolerate middle managers and team leadersConsRichard Tang seems to be a decent CEO.
However, the day-to-day running of the organisation is left to middle management. I have worked for a number of larger organisations prior to this, and in comparison, middle management and team leaders are very amateurish, lack competence and professionalism.
They are usually hired internally from those who have put in the years and can be brought into the "buddies" circle. They lack any kind of people management skills and think that the "big brother" approach together with micro management tactics gets the best out of people, while constantly reassuring the employee that this is all for their own good.
The sad part is some of the new recruits and especially the new graduates actually believe that; because they don't know better.
HR actually provide new middle managers with internal training on people management. Talk about blind leading the blind! You only have to meet a few of the HR people to know what I mean.Advice to ManagementAdviceTo middle management and HR - Stop posting these positive reviews. Reading between the lines (and any intelligent person can see) that the comments are not made by a genuine and happy employee.
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO -
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"Once a truly great company, sadly no longer "
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I have been working at Zen Internet full-time
ProsMost of the people here are quite nice and easy to get along with. Free coffee and orange juice. Richard Tang is a great MD to work for.
ConsBureaucracy, red tape, bad internal politics/power struggles. Senior management detached from the 'front line' and teams that provide services to customers. Basic focus on excellent customer service that once made Zens name now seems irrelevant to many internally, which customers seem to be noticing. Problems go unresolved. Very limited opportunites to progress for staff. Too many managers. And yes, the positive reviews on here were written by Zen human resources...
Advice to ManagementAdviceGet back to basics and the mission statement.
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO -
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"Trying to be a big company and not really succeeding. "
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I worked at Zen Internet
ProsThere is a very relaxed atmosphere if you're in the right department in Zen. If you are than you can pretty much sit round doing nothing and get away with it.
If you can stand working there for a year then they'll never fire you unless you really screw up badly.
Most of the people there are nice people.ConsPay is average for Manchester but because the company is based in Rochdale management thinks it's really high.
Most days are spent in pointless meetings meaning very little actual works get done.
The office is in Rochdale, which is basically a slum. Most people live elsewhere and complain about the amount of time they have to commute. There have been cases of people getting beaten up just down the road from the office.
There is little training - "I learned everything from a book so you can too". On top of that they use nothing but trailing edge technology. This isn't the place to boost your CV.
The answer to "becoming a big company" has been to get more levels of management which has slowed the company to a crawl.
If you're in the wrong department then you're pretty much guaranteed to have a bad time.Advice to ManagementAdviceAccept the company isn't large, shift down a gear and concentrate on what the company does well.
Focus on getting one produce to the point where it's the best available (like things were with DSL) rather than trying to do too many things at once. The people on the phones are the public face of the company and should be looked after.Doesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEO -
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ONE in five children will have mental health problems over the next decade - double the current figure, a Government adviser has warned.The world economic crisis will play a role in the deterioration de·te·ri·o·ra·tion
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Prof Barry Barry, Welsh Barri, town (1991 pop. 45,053) and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export products include cement, flour, and steel products. Carpenter, who chaired a national inquiry into mental health, said official figures do not take into account the high incidence of mental health problems among pupils with learning difficulties.
The most recent 2004 data from the Office for National statistics showed that 10% of children had mental health problems.
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The Crisis of my Friends is a ongoing open documentary project that is exploring the impact of the current economic crisis in Spain on the culture of work in this European country and particularly on the lives of a certain group of Spaniards, my friends. But most importantly, The Crisis of my Friends also involves meetings where interviewees and other attendants discuss the ideas and issues presented in these episodes. The opinions expressed and the conversations that take place at these meetings determine the content of the following episode in the series. This results in a project that is much more than a documentary. It is a ongoing conversation. The economic crisis in Spain was triggered in 2008 by the global financial crisis. What was first disregarded as an economic slowdown, turned out to be the worst economic crisis in recent Spanish history. The unemployment rate is currently close to 25%. In the south of Spain, where most of my friends live, unemployment is close to 35%. While some government officials are pointing at some signs of improvement, the dire effects of this crisis are still reaching the general population. For a generation of Spaniards who were born around the time the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died (1975), the aspiration to have a job that they liked, and the idea of work as a means for personal fulfillment, differentiated them from previous generations. That view of work carried with it a view of life, society and the country. The current crisis has caused a recession in the way my generation views work and perhaps even in the state of labor rights. My friends, all in their late thirties, find themselves in a very precarious situation, where they have come to view work as a privilege and not a right. Appreciation of the worker and the value of high quality work have become foreign notions. And having a job in their preferred field has become a practically unattainable goal. The Crisis of my Friends is exploring what could be the long-term consequences of the crisis and its impact on the culture of work in Spain. The first episode of the series is a rough introduction to the topics of conversation that the crisis has generated. The second episode focuses on the impact of the crisis on opinions about the public sector. The third episode focuses on the way the crisis has influenced opinions about politics. The fourth episode of the series will be released in January of 2015, and it will focus on the culture of work and entrepreneurship in Spain, and its role during the crisis. |
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The Bombardier CRJ 1000 is a light passenger jet from Bombardier Aerospace. The plane is manufactured in Canada and has a price of $46.37 million. It has a travel range of 1,691 nautical miles or 3,132 kilometers and can accommodate 104 passengers. The plane is powered by a couple of General Electric GE CF34-8C5A1 engines with 13,630 horsepower and Rockwell Collins ProLine 4 avionics. It has a maximum cruising speed of 646 miles per hour. The plane has a service ceiling of 41,000 feet and climb at a rate of 2,000 fpm.


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"Dancing with the Stars" hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet announced this season's celebrity and professional pairings live on "Good Morning America." Pictured: (standing) Derek Hough, Tristan MacManus, Kellie Pickler, Dorothy Hamill, Ingo Rademacher, Kym Johnson, Karina Smirnoff, Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Val Chmerkovskiy, Wynonna Judd, Tony Dovolani, Sharna Burgess, Andy Dick, Cheryl Burke, D.L. Hughley, Lisa Vanderpump, Gleb Savchenko, Lindsay Arnold, Victor Ortiz, Alexandra Raisman and Mark Ballas; and (sitting) Lara Spencer, Bergeron and Burke-Charvet. (Rick Rowell / ABC)
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