Thursday, December 18, 2003
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MONTAGUE, PE - On-Line Support, Prince Edward Island’s premiere Customer Lifecycle Solutions Provider, has expanded into a new labour market in Montague, PE.
PE Premier Pat Binns describes the local company as a “giant success story”. Premier Binns went on to say, “Before, Toronto and New York had all the advantages, but no longer. Now the playing field is leveled, and Prince Edward Island is an equal player. On-Line Support President and CEO Ross Beattie couldn’t agree more. Mr Beattie added, “You don’t have to be in the same city, or even the same country to do the job. In a corporate world dominated by huge conglomerate, a small company like On-Line Support can take on the big guys and win.”
Montague’s largest employer is sending home most of its staff and moving other jobs to Charlottetown. On-line Support has lost a major client of its Island-based call centre service.
Forty people have been told they’ll be out of work after the holiday. Another 20 have been told to start reporting to Charlottetown.
Ken MacPhee, the chief operating officer at On-line support, said the company has no choice after large telecommunications company decided it doesn’t need an outside call centre.
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