Just heard a rumor that First Data may leave Tulsa

[Ibanez]

Anyone else heard anything about this?

[SoonerRiceGrad]

That would be a major loss. Didn't they have almost 5,000 jobs?

[Cubs]

If this is true ....
Thanks Mayor Kathy Taylor and Governor Brad Henry .... you guys are great!!

[swake]

I don't know how many people they have, but I would guess closer to 500 than 5,000. It's just a call center anyway. Also, I think you are confusing First Data with whatever that Decision One place is called now.

Oh, and I did hear an ad on the radio in the last week for First Data hiring people. But, who knows.

[YoungTulsan]

I guess market conditions warrant that whenever a new call center employer moves in (CapitalOne), that many jobs also need to leave the market, so there is no way that demand for employees ever reaches a point that they would have to pay over $10/hour

(I know thats not the reason, but it could be somewhat true in the big picture)

[aoxamaxoa]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

I guess market conditions warrant that whenever a new call center employer moves in (CapitalOne), that many jobs also need to leave the market, so there is no way that demand for employees ever reaches a point that they would have to pay over $10/hour

(I know thats not the reason, but it could be somewhat true in the big picture)

dude, its like that all over town, every store I walk into I see Hiring Now signs.  the only reason they dont have employees is because they wont pay what people are worth.  so what all these stores end up with is ****ty service because of too few people.  they better figure it out fast they need to pay or come christmas time they are going to get slammed.

I'll applaud them though, at least they arent trying to slip in some mexicans.  kinda hard to do that though with positions that need to speak english.

'we wouldn't want to have any of those mexicans slip in...." Bullsh!t

First Data has been reducing the work force here for several years. So?

[waterboy]

dude, its like that all over town, every store I walk into I see Hiring Now signs.  the only reason they dont have employees is because they wont pay what people are worth.  so what all these stores end up with is ****ty service because of too few people.  they better figure it out fast they need to pay or come christmas time they are going to get slammed.

[/quote]

Very, very true. The fastest way to make a stock rise is to eliminate some of the very people that keep the doors open. Anything to keep the labor costs low and wages stagnant even if it means providing s**tty service and allowing easy theft. Then complain how no one really wants to work.

[SoonerRiceGrad]

quote:Originally posted by swake

I don't know how many people they have, but I would guess closer to 500 than 5,000. It's just a call center anyway. Also, I think you are confusing First Data with whatever that Decision One place is called now.

Oh, and I did hear an ad on the radio in the last week for First Data hiring people. But, who knows.

I was just reading a news release from a couple years ago that said they have about one thousand, with plans to add about four thousand more.

Whatever happened to that?

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by SoonerRiceGrad

quote:Originally posted by swake

I don't know how many people they have, but I would guess closer to 500 than 5,000. It's just a call center anyway. Also, I think you are confusing First Data with whatever that Decision One place is called now.

Oh, and I did hear an ad on the radio in the last week for First Data hiring people. But, who knows.

I was just reading a news release from a couple years ago that said they have about one thousand, with plans to add about four thousand more.

Whatever happened to that?

Again, you are thinking of Decision One, they are a technical assistance center for Sprint pcs. I don't know how many people they have but they have a big chunk of Citiplex. They are now called something else but I don't recall what.

[SoonerRiceGrad]

quote:Originally posted by swake

quote:Originally posted by SoonerRiceGrad

quote:Originally posted by swake

I don't know how many people they have, but I would guess closer to 500 than 5,000. It's just a call center anyway. Also, I think you are confusing First Data with whatever that Decision One place is called now.

Oh, and I did hear an ad on the radio in the last week for First Data hiring people. But, who knows.

I was just reading a news release from a couple years ago that said they have about one thousand, with plans to add about four thousand more.

Whatever happened to that?

Again, you are thinking of Decision One, they are a technical assistance center for Sprint pcs. I don't know how many people they have but they have a big chunk of Citiplex. They are now called something else but I don't recall what.

It's still DecisionOne.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by SoonerRiceGrad

quote:Originally posted by swake

quote:Originally posted by SoonerRiceGrad

quote:Originally posted by swake

I don't know how many people they have, but I would guess closer to 500 than 5,000. It's just a call center anyway. Also, I think you are confusing First Data with whatever that Decision One place is called now.

Oh, and I did hear an ad on the radio in the last week for First Data hiring people. But, who knows.

I was just reading a news release from a couple years ago that said they have about one thousand, with plans to add about four thousand more.

Whatever happened to that?

Again, you are thinking of Decision One, they are a technical assistance center for Sprint pcs. I don't know how many people they have but they have a big chunk of Citiplex. They are now called something else but I don't recall what.

It's still DecisionOne.

No, it's not.

I did some searching and Decision1 (that's how they write it) sold the Tulsa center to a company called Alorica that got some really bad local press.

http://www.alorica.com/12.09.2005.html

[SoonerRiceGrad]

The sky is falling.

[OKmetro]

Descion 1 ---  Now Alora   Thats the company who bought them...