This might be a problem…
Posted by blueraindrop on June 11, 2009
So on the way to target in the last entry, I drove past the call center where I used to work.
An 800 seat center, usually with people waiting for seats in afternoon and evening. Open till midnight all nights, some till 2 am. Open even on the holidays, even Christmas.
And there was not a single car in the parking lot at 8pm.
None.
No signs or anything up, no signs taken down… just nobody there.
Very very odd.
So I got home and googled the company. And apparently back in feb and march, they closed one of their 2 texas call centers, laying off more than 400 people, one of their overseas overflow centers laying off more than 600, and 100 from their east coast headquarters.
Not a word about the local center… but i’m not thinking prospects would be good.
So i suppose tomorrow i need to call and see if i get an answer and they aren’t open at night now, or if i need to be giving the national headquarters number for my previous employment verification on aps, and finding a new reference as the only numbers i had for my former manager were both at the call center.
Either way, I think I’m a bit relieved not to have had the stress I’m sure was involved for those still there.
