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Strait area hit with rumours of cuts at EDS
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| Posted by: ITNovaScotia Admin |
Friday, June 16, 2006 |
By Nancy King, Transcontinental Media
Nova Scotia Business Journal
In a town already on edge due to uncertainty surrounding Stora Enso, rumours of pending job cuts at Port Hawkesbury’s other major employer are heightening anxiety about the region’s economic future. Reports are circulating in the community that as many as 400 jobs may be lost at EDS Port Hawkesbury, with the loss of an airline contract at the call centre
But EDS Canada spokesperson James Toccacelli said Thursday that “no decisions have been made about the future of Port Hawkesbury,” and there are no immediate plans to reduce the size of the workforce. Toccacelli theorized the speculation over job losses in Port Hawkesbury may have piqued Thursday because it was the day EDS announced it had acquired a majority stake in MphasiS BFL Ltd., a call centre company based in Bangalore, India. EDS paid $380 million US to obtain 52 per cent of the shares in the company.
The move gives EDS access to 11,000 India-based employees. By the end of the year, EDS’ Indian workforce is expected to top 20,000. Outsourcing companies such as EDS are increasingly looking to India due to cheap labour.
“EDS has announced globally in the past that we’re looking at the size and shape of our workforce, and clearly Port Hawkesbury is part of that, but Port Hawkesbury is no more or no less a part of that than any other EDS facility around the world,” Toccacelli said. “I suspect that people are combining those two separate pieces of information and coming to a conclusion that I can assure are not true.” ...
See the full story at Nova Scotia Business Journal
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Re: Strait area hit with rumours of cuts at EDS |
By p.b. on
Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| Seems like one of those "all your eggs in one basket" deals when dealing with call centers. They are great because they are quick to setup, have a reltively low cost to operate, and employ a large number of people. The downside is that they can also shutdown overnight when the contracts dry up. There is no longterm growth plan. What we need is to develop more core technology businesses that have a product line that they can develop over time, and fewer of them so no one failure impacts an entire town's future. |
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By John Walters on
Sunday, June 18, 2006 |
they are easy to set up, but it doesn't make them the only ones, just most visible lately. look at fish plants or the manufacturing plants by the halifax airport. those manufacturing buildings are built to be shells, one company moves out, the next one moves in. i hear burnside park in dartmouth was set up that way at first on purpose.
not sure one big revolving problem is better or worse than a whole lot of smaller revolving problems. (-: |
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Re: Strait area hit with rumours of cuts at EDS |
By cindy on
Monday, September 11, 2006 |
this is crazy nonsense and i think if their not sure of whats going on with the call center in port hawkesbury they should stop talking like they do untill they confirm that all this information is true because its causing a very big ruckus and people are hearing this info and finding other jobs
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Re: Strait area hit with rumours of cuts at EDS |
By Me on
Tuesday, January 09, 2007 |
The people of EDS are what's keeping the local businesses in business. It will have a big downfall on the port hawkesbury area. Hopefully another call centre will come in and create more jobs for the area.
It would be a shame to have such a nice building sitting ! |
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