Officeworks to offshore hundreds of Australian jobs to India and Philippines
By
Isobel Roe
Crusty in the right places. Worth the chew.
Summary
Officeworks is offshoring hundreds of jobs from Sydney and Melbourne to India and the Philippines, including roles at its Western Sydney customer service centre (to be moved to Manila) and technology support business Geeks2U. The move follows a growing trend of Australian businesses seeking highly skilled white-collar workers overseas, with affected staff being made redundant.
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· 3 pulledOfficeworks is planning to offshore hundreds of jobs to India and the Philippines, joining a growing trend of businesses hoping to find more highly skilled white-collar workers overseas.
The Australian office products retailer told dozens of staff at its Western Sydney-based customer service centre this week their roles had been made redundant and would be replaced with a call service based in the Philippines capital, Manila.
Its plan to shift more jobs offshore, seen by the ABC, reveals technology support business Geeks2U as well as other office roles in Sydney and Melbourne will be moved to Be
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