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Apparently Roy Cooper will be in town for the announcement as well. I've got to imagine that for a few hundred jobs, if the Governor is in town, that this has to be more than just a few call center jobs. I find it interesting too that the announcement appears to be in High Point. Wonder what it could be.
Yeah, I was hoping for something related to aviation or other higher-skilled positions. Better than nothing, but a call center is one of the least desirable employment announcements.
I wonder where they think they're going to find 1,400 people for these jobs. The Triad's unemployment rate isn't that high.
Some of them would probably come from southside Virginia. The regional economy up here is terrible, so a lot of people work either in the Triad or Triangle.
Southside VA is where I came from a few months ago. Economy as far as jobs are concerned is probably a hair better than here... but the price to buy a home is MUCH higher.
As for this announcement, it's definitely a disappointment that it's more call center jobs... but I guess it's better than not having the jobs. Would have definitely preferred for this to be fewer jobs (like 300-400) that paid more (like $45K-50K on average).
Some of them would probably come from southside Virginia. The regional economy up here is terrible, so a lot of people work either in the Triad or Triangle.
I don't think many people are going to drive that far for a call center job.
The announcement was disappointing and over hyped. I paused with suspicion for what this announcement could be, particularly another 'joint' announcement.
Ten dollars per hour is not going to grow an economy.
The announcement was disappointing and over hyped. I paused with suspicion for what this announcement could be, particularly another 'joint' announcement.
Ten dollars per hour is not going to grow an economy.
Yeah, I figured with the governor being here that there had to be more going on. Apparently it was a slow news day in Raleigh.
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