Re: ADT buys Broadview (Brinks)

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 14, 10:29=A0am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> RHC:No doubt; you tend to remember those who screw you...:)) =A0Once
> this merger happens, there will be loads of people being screwed. ADT
> typically raids the resources of those whom they buy and lets the rest
> go as they did with the SecurityLink merger. There are loads of people
> at Broadview worried about their jobs, and rightly so.
>
> I spent most of my life inside a large corporate organization and saw
> firsthand what can and will happen. To my shame, I was part of it
> (although unwittingly in those days). Those at the bottom and the
> middle, who are the glue holding an organization together, will be
> largely sacrificed on the alter of "reorganization". Those at the top
> have the goal and obligation, to set things up for the best overall
> bottom line for the company. While the better executives will do their
> best to keep the pain =A0to a minimum, bottom line, lots of people will
> be let go in the name of improved organization and profit ! Middle
> management has "fat" that can always be eliminated. Upper management
> too; however, no one there will ever "fall on their sword" in the name
> of improved bottom line...:))
>
> On the technical side, this will not be so extreme, since ADT is
> bringing on board loads of panels they know nothing about, and will
> need expertise to keep things running. At leaset initially, customer
> service will slip badly, leaving lots of opportunity for independants
> to target millions of accounts from both companies. Many Broadview
> dealers will try to jump ship as well, since this was not their
> agreement with Broadview.

If history is any guide, most independents will not have a clue about
setting up any type of plan whatsoever.


>
> The end result for us will be one mega-monster company to compete
> against rather than two. If independants do their job right, it should
> be a much easier market to compete in, given the failings of all large
> companies.

They wont "do their job right" because most don't know what their job
is to begin with. It will be business as usual.


>
> We have more to worry about on the short term from independant
> "startups" giving away systems to get RMR, not realizing until it is
> too late, they are largely cutting their own throats in the process.
> Up here, we are starting to see HVAC companies selling DSC wireless
> systems to go along with their HVAC services, under the guise of
> protecting customers against failure of the very systems that they are
> installing....??? Their pricing is ridiculously low, so I have to
> wonder how they will end up charging for service to make up the
> difference. Once the initial service term of 3 years is up, they too
> will lose large chunks of this business to lower priced companies,
> making them wonder why they got in this business at all.....:))

This is more like reality but including most independent alarm
companys.

>
> Anything for a buck...!!

Now you've got it ....!!  You could have elimiated everything you said
above and this would have sufficed.