T-Mobile cutting a net 1,900 call-center jobs
Source: AP-Excite
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - Cellphone carrier T-Mobile USA Inc. said Thursday that it is cutting 1,900 jobs nationwide as it consolidates its call centers in an effort to reduce costs and remain competitive.
Seven of its 24 call centers will be closed by the end of June. About 3,300 people work at the centers slated to be shuttered, but T-Mobile said it plans to hire up to 1,400 people at the remaining 17 centers.
The call centers slated for closure are in Allentown, Pa.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Frisco, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; Lenexa, Kansas; Thornton, Colo. and Redmond, Ore.
The company said that workers whose jobs are eliminated will have a chance to transfer to the remaining call centers.
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In this March 18, 2008 photo, a T-Mobile retail store is shown in Times Square in New York. T-Mobile USA Inc. announced Thursday, March 22, 2012, that it is cutting 1,900 jobs nationwide as it consolidates its call centers in an effort to cut costs and remain competitive. The jobs represent nearly half of the total number of people it employs at its call centers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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