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GE Money to close Edmonton call centre, putting 250 out of work
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | 2:27 PM MT Comments0Recommend26
CBC News
! L5 k8 Q$ p# T7 |8 W' z0 l; ]GE Money is closing its Edmonton call centre in early 2009, resulting in the loss of about 250 jobs. (CBC)GE Money is closing its Edmonton call centre in early 2009, resulting in the loss of about 250 jobs. (CBC)

  ~4 G: M" V# _! ~* G" BGE Money announced Wednesday it will be closing its Edmonton call centre in early 2009 and laying off 250 employees.
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The job losses will occur in stages over the next several months.

- a+ z9 K( [* D# {' ^' g0 X7 `A number of workers were told their last day will be Feb. 25, but some will stay on after that date to help the centre close down operations, said Kim Warburton, vice-president of communications for GE Canada.
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"Just like everywhere else, we're all facing a lot of challenges from a competitive perspective, but also a very challenging economy," Warburton said. "After a very, very careful review of our operations, we have decided to make some consolidations."

% Q6 o( `, a# L! iStaff at the Edmonton call centre answer questions about billings and accounts for credit card customers.
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GE Money will help its employees with counselling and help in finding a new job, Warburton said.
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Other Canadian call centres in Ontario and B.C. are having smaller "realignments," she said, but did not offer details.
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0 X  q5 r2 ~) z2 `) _"Edmonton is the location that's had the largest impact, with the largest number of employees," Warburton said.
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The call centre is located in northwest Edmonton.

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ATCO Structures lays off 400 Calgary workers
- G: m; \# z2 w! V0 Y. @Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 9:08 PM ET Comments8Recommend25
CBC News
A semi-trailer transports an ATCO modular unit from the Calgary warehouse on Wednesday. A semi-trailer transports an ATCO modular unit from the Calgary warehouse on Wednesday. (CBC)

About 400 people are out of work after Calgary-based ATCO Structures lost a contract to build a work camp for an oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray.
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9 x9 @; i3 }4 B" J. r2 M* lThe contract to design, manufacture and install the camp for the Fort Hills Energy Limited Partnership project has been cancelled, the company said Tuesday.

"It was a 2,000-man camp and we had completed four dorms, 504 rooms. Petro-Canada announced the deferral of their Fort Hills project and advised us at this time, after the four dorms, we should stop," said Harry Wilmot, president and chief operating officer of ATCO Structures.

! c  a+ c# m6 R* N"Now we've got about two more weeks to finish this phase of it. It was a hard decision for us to make but we have given the plant workers notice to layoff because of this."
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All 400 workers are based in Calgary, Wilmot told CBC News.
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"With the recent reduction and current economic conditions, we had to make a business decision and it was a hard decision for us to make," he said.

Last month, the Fort Hills partnership, which includes Petro-Canada, Teck Cominco Ltd. and UTS Energy Corp., delayed a decision on the oilsands mine "until a cost estimate consistent with the current market environment [could] be established."

A decision is expected in the spring.

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lastman

油价对edmonton的房价影响是滞后的，如果油价不能回升，在低价徘徊，房价才能下跌，取决去信心

hanxishang

坏消息还在后面哪.各位准备好了吗?

irish

北美人

对，坏消息还在后面。
Alberta主要还是看油。其他都是次要的。不过这么多大的油砂项目都下马了。目前手上的活多半明年初就做完。到时如果油价没有起色，就会看到大量的人失业。真正的冬天还没到了。唉。大家勒紧裤腰带过日子吧。等都失业了，就每天来这里灌水。也算有个寄托。

happyhour

I lost my job already. You will see more people here. More than 40 stuff out in the same day in my company, no matter how much experience they have. Because there is totally nothing for us to do.

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原帖由 北美人 于 2008-12-6 19:16 发表
1 [, f7 a# h9 _Alberta主要还是看油。其他都是次要的。不过这么多大的油砂项目都下马了。目前手上的活多半明年初就做完。到时如果油价没有起色，就会看到大量的人失业。真正的冬天还没到了。唉。大家勒紧裤腰带过日子吧。等都失业了，就每天来这里灌水。也算有个寄托。

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