Ben Schneiders | October 10, 2008 - 11:05AM MORE than 500 Telstra call centre jobs, including at least 200 in both Melbourne and Sydney, are to be transferred to the Philippines. TeleTech, the United States outsourcing firm that employs the workers, has confirmed the cuts. It refused to say how many jobs would be lost because of the decision but a union and employees said the number would exceed 500, with the cuts to occur by March. A call centre in Bourke Street, Melbourne, and a separate site in Sydney would lose at least 200 positions each, one employee said, with the workers told earlier this week. The Age reported on Saturday that hundreds of jobs were set to be cut. The affected staff are not employed directly by Telstra but deal with the company's customers after they have bought a product or...
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