Alpine Access a leader in the home based customer service field got some press as they expand operations in the Pittsburgh area.
I find the opening line amazingly true: “There will be no politicians cutting ribbons to celebrate the region’s newest call center and the 100 jobs that it is bringing — jobs that start at $9 an hour with a 401(k) retirement plan plus dental and medical benefits.” Why? In part because this isn’t a factory. Politicians love to be seen opening factories and huge sprawling plants because they can take credit for using your tax dollars to make themselves look good that way. $9 per hour with benefits isn’t seen as “important” even though these workers will have no commute, no parking expense and no meals to eat out daily and could possibly spend more time with their children and reduce social service expenditures as a result. The author explains it away as not happening because it’s an expansion.
Families in Pittsburgh will be loving it though!
Read it here: Company expanding local operation of home-based employees
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