Telus Expansion Confirmed

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:11 AM

Telus call centre will under go renovations to make space for a further 75 employees.

Prince George, B.C. - Telus has now officially confirmed what Opinion250 reporter earlier today. It is doubling the size of its call centre in Prince George, creaThat will bring to 150, the number of people working at the centre in Prince George.

“The Prince George call centre will help us continue to meet growing customer demand for TELUS’ line-up of consumer products and services, in particular wireless data services,” said Shaun Greffard, TELUS general manager for northern B.C. “Prince George is business friendly and home to a dynamic post-secondary education facility, making it a great place for us to attract the kind of team members we’ll be looking for.”

TELUS expects to begin hiring for the new positions over the summer, once required renovations are well underway.

The Prince George call centre will continue to specialize in support for landline phone and data services.

TELUS currently has a total of 250 employees in Prince George, and will grow to about 325 once the new call centre is fully staffed.

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Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:11 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: southfortguy on April 22 2008 10:35 AM

New Jobs can never hurt!

Posted by: metalman on April 22 2008 11:13 AM

"making it a great place for us to attract the kind of team members we'll be looking for" What? they want university and college graduates to make telephone calls? Is that why you take post secondary education? I thought you went to college to escape the trap of a dead end job.
metalman.

Posted by: Betterday on April 22 2008 11:20 AM

Alot of students look for these types of jobs while they are in studies metalman. They pay well and usually are very flexible in terms of scheduling. This is great news for PG!

Posted by: metalman on April 22 2008 12:28 PM

You are right. I guess I overlooked the fact that the call centres offer reasonable pay and flexible hours. I did not stop to consider that the students or graduates might benefit from this type of employment, using it as a stepping stone. Oh, and they have video games you can play while on your breaks, so the growing mind need never rest.
Thank you.
metalman.

Posted by: NMG on April 22 2008 6:47 PM

Never a bad thing to have new jobs in town and these seem like reasonable jobs at a fairly large company that is bound to have other internal opportunities if people want to work for them.

Posted by: rightwing on April 23 2008 7:16 AM

reasonable pay? what ten bux an hour...that would be so worth it to drive down there for a 2 hour shift. How do I apply

Posted by: govsux on April 23 2008 9:12 AM

What Bozos allowed 2 hour shifts anyway. Me thinks J Pattison got Gordo to push that through. He just tried it in the latest contract talks at Save On. Whose next the pulp mills or the media he owns?