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Multi – million dollar Call Centers to be constructed at Tuschen, Enmore

January 8, 2015 2:11 pm Category: latest news A+ / A-

By Fareeza Haniff

[www.inewsguyana.com] – Construction will soon commence at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and Enmore, East Coast Demerara, for two call centers as Cabinet gave its no objection to hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts.

Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon told reporters at his post cabinet media briefing on Wednesday January 07 that a $114 million contract was approved to construct a call center at Tuschen while another $116 million contract was awarded for the construction of another call center at Enmore.

The project falls under the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce and iNews understands that construction for both centers is slated to commence on January 15. The contracts were approved by Cabinet in the latter half of December 2014.

Officials from the Ministry told iNews that the call centers are expected to provide approximately 600 persons with employment and construction should be completed within six months of its commencement.

However, the Ministry is not certain as to when the centers will become fully operational, as potential investors are being sought.

iNews understands that the main purpose of the call centers is to create employment for Guyanese.

A call center is a centralised office used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. An inbound call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers. Outbound call centers are operated for telemarketing, solicitation of charitable or political donations, debt collection and market research.

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Mr.TI pity the fool

Given the colour of those folks in the picture, only whites applicants please.

1/8/156:19 PM

Former Member

Happy New Year to one and all. I hope 2015 brought you much success and health. We can all do with some good news, and this topic certainly brought you employment galore.

Special hello to Riff, Nehru, Chief and DG. Happy New Year to all of you!

1/8/156:21 PM

DjangoAdmin

Originally Posted by Cobra:

Multi – million dollar Call Centers to be constructed at Tuschen, Enmore

January 8, 2015 2:11 pm Category: latest news A+ / A-

By Fareeza Haniff

However, the Ministry is not certain as to when the centers will become fully operational, as potential investors are being sought.

iNews understands that the main purpose of the call centers is to create employment for Guyanese.

CS... babbling too much,contract approved and still

looking for investors.

1/8/156:29 PM

Former Member

call centers are sweat shops. They are bottom of the barrel employment end placed where they are located precisely because of cheap labor and poor labor practices.

1/8/159:57 PM

TolaSenior Member

Originally Posted by Stormborn:

call centers are sweat shops. They are bottom of the barrel employment end placed where they are located precisely because of cheap labor and poor labor practices.

Exactly, there is one near UGBC at Tain.

Mostly young women work long hours for minimum wage and no rights.

I asked an employee what make was her cell phone, she replied ' Me na know, be bai fren gee me'.

1/8/1510:35 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Stormborn:

call centers are sweat shops. They are bottom of the barrel employment end placed where they are located precisely because of cheap labor and poor labor practices.

That might be true but to you think that being a cashier at some Chinese owned super market offers better prospects?

Guyanese are poorly educated and unskilled so one cannot expect high skill jobs to be located there.

Until the PPP ceases to think that corrupt contracts to build/maintain schools are a sign of success, and that equipping Guyanese school leavers with the literacy, numeracy and cognitive skills to be some thing other than cheap labor, expect more of this.

I note that the PPP has decided that G/town should die. Aside from more Chinese shops what job creation is going on in that city?

1/8/1511:24 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Originally Posted by caribny:

Originally Posted by Stormborn:

call centers are sweat shops. They are bottom of the barrel employment end placed where they are located precisely because of cheap labor and poor labor practices.

That might be true but to you think that being a cashier at some Chinese owned super market offers better prospects?

Guyanese are poorly educated and unskilled so one cannot expect high skill jobs to be located there.

I note that the PPP has decided that G/town should die. Aside from more Chinese shops what job creation is going on in that city?

1/9/153:42 PM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Guyanese are poorly educated and unskilled so one cannot expect high skill jobs to be located there.

Are you referring to relatives because the guyanese I know are driving Cars, has Bachelors Degrees, Computer Certificates and other qualifications.

1/9/153:43 PM

alena06Senior Member

It's about time we try something different since rice and sugar are 'dead'...hope they find investors soon.

1/9/153:47 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Nehru:

Guyanese are poorly educated and unskilled so one cannot expect high skill jobs to be located there.

Are you referring to relatives because the guyanese I know are driving Cars, has Bachelors Degrees, Computer Certificates and other qualifications.

No I am referring to the complaints by Guyanese EMPLOYERS and by UG who claim that most Guyanese applying for jobs are SEMI LITERATE!

No surprise as those who are educated have LEFT GUYANA. We have the HIGHEST brain drain in the CARICOM, aside from Haiti.

Guyana does WORSE than Jamaica in the CXC for Math and English and Jamaica is very unhappy with their results.

1/9/154:14 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by alena06:

It's about time we try something different since rice and sugar are 'dead'...hope they find investors soon.

Alena, sugar and rice are not completely dead. From here on into the future, technology and machinery will be used to plant and harvest cane. Rice farmers may force to adapt to modern machinery to plant and harvest rice. By then, the need for human labor will be slim. The new generation of Guyanese will have to seek academic skill to get into a different field of work. In the next decade, Guyana will further advance in technology where computer skills will be needed. So, Guyanese will have to think on this line.

1/9/155:17 PM

Former Member

technology and machinery will be used to plant and harvest cane. Rice farmers may force to adapt to modern machinery to plant and harvest rice. By then, the need for human labor will be slim.

You ever read a bigger pile of horse shit than this?

I tell you these clowns are more delusional than ever.

1/9/155:23 PM

Former Member

Is wah dem simpleton PPP bais talkin bout yasuh? Yuh need high speed internet foh dis. Danull didnt tell Modi wah he son do with de USD 56 mill cable? Hey hey hey...

1/10/1510:39 AM

Former Member

Conscience tell abe about de fiber optic cable fram Brazil. Hey hey hey...

1/10/1511:01 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Cobra:

Originally Posted by alena06:

It's about time we try something different since rice and sugar are 'dead'...hope they find investors soon.

i see for the new year you still stupid

1/10/1511:06 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Nehru:

Guyanese are poorly educated and unskilled so one cannot expect high skill jobs to be located there.

Are you referring to relatives because the guyanese I know are driving Cars, has Bachelors Degrees, Computer Certificates and other qualifications.

pradoville is not a part of guyana,pradoville is the real mountain top

1/10/1511:10 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by warrior:

Originally Posted by Nehru:

Guyanese are poorly educated and unskilled so one cannot expect high skill jobs to be located there.

Are you referring to relatives because the guyanese I know are driving Cars, has Bachelors Degrees, Computer Certificates and other qualifications.

pradoville is not a part of guyana,pradoville is the real mountain top

Who in de PPP gat bachelors degrees? Robert? Kellawan? Rohee?

1/10/1511:25 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Stormborn:

call centers are sweat shops. They are bottom of the barrel employment end placed where they are located precisely because of cheap labor and poor labor practices.

Call Centers are global networking that set up in many countries like India where cheap wages are paid. Keep in mind that cheap wage is better than no wage. In the United States, they have virtual office and 24/7 (live) answering service that work for small, medium and large businesses that is cheaper than hiring a secretary. However, I don't know how much the people that answer your business calls @ 2 am in the morning are making. Is it fair for me to consider them working at the bottom of the barrel?

1/10/1512:02 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Cobra:

Originally Posted by Stormborn:

call centers are sweat shops. They are bottom of the barrel employment end placed where they are located precisely because of cheap labor and poor labor practices.

Call centers are bottom of the barrel jobs in 2015 you would expect that a country like Guyana is churning out software developers left and right.

Folks with Python, Objective C, C, .Net, J2EE skills, DBA's, Front end developers, Graphic artists, UX designers, Business analysts etc.

That is the point Serpent Piss, It is not that "call center" jobs are not good they are good. But the lack of offshoring capacity for software development which are higher paying jobs etc. Demonstrates a colossal failure of the PPP government. I know you will have a tough time stomaching that.

Get Anus to come and tell you how many OCXXX he pulling from Brazil to his BT hole.

1/10/1512:06 PM

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