Thread: West Corp. hiring 300 workers

West hiring 300 workers

Addition of new client boosts call center in Universal City.

By Patrick Danner
pdanner@express-news.net
Published: 08:41 p.m., Tuesday, February 8, 2011

West Corp. plans to hire more than 300 people at its Universal City call center after landing a new client.

Tuesday's announcement will increase West's work force in the San Antonio area to about 2,700 people, spokesman David Pleiss said.

Since September, West entities have announced that they would fill nearly 1,800 positions in the area, though some of that hiring has been turnover-related. West's local work force stood at about 3,100 five years ago, which Pleiss said was likely close to its peak.

The call center and telemarketing company, based in Omaha, Neb., said the new full-time positions will be filled through April. Candidates can apply online at www.westemployment.com or in person during normal business hours at 2103 Universal City Blvd. Customer service and tech positions will pay $10 an hour, while bilingual-tech positions will pay $11.50 an hour, Pleiss said.

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Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Customer service and tech positions will pay $10 an hour, while bilingual-tech positions will pay $11.50 an hour, Pleiss said.

Which means that Americans who speak English won't be hired.

Even before I read the article I could tell it was yet another "foreigners only" job program.

Originally Posted by millere

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Customer service and tech positions will pay $10 an hour,

while bilingual-tech positions will pay $11.50 an hour, Pleiss said.

Which means that Americans who speak English won't be hired.

Even before I read the article I could tell it was yet another "foreigners only" job program.

Why do you assume that AMERICANS can't be bilingual?
Many Americans learn a foreign language in high school.

The $10. jobs don't require a foreign language.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Why do you assume that AMERICANS can't be bilingual?
Many Americans learn a foreign language in high school.

The $10. jobs don't require a foreign language.

Because that's just the way these companies seem to do things now days. I would not be surprised if their HR ends up hiring bilingual foreigners because it is a "twofer": one for foreigners being "multicultural" and two for foreigners being "minorities" which HR departments are constantly pressuring to hire.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Why do you assume that AMERICANS can't be bilingual?
Many Americans learn a foreign language in high school.

The $10. jobs don't require a foreign language.

Here you go. An example of how a "bilingual workplace" discriminates against, guess who? American citizens:

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/01/26 ... asculated/

"Several months later the HR from Sears called me about a appliance inspection type position. Because it had been over 6 months I had to take the test again so I did. When I was called in again for an interview this hiring manager asked if I was bilingual and I of course replied no. He said many of their customers are now Hispanic so they prefer bilingual. Of course I was not hired. They could of atleast had the decency to tell me this upfront that so I didn’t waste several hours of my time.

I had a similar experience at Macy's when applying for seasonal work around Christmas that year..

Total reverse discrimination and age discrimination. it's the same
with most of these companies. If our government wasn't so rotten and corrupt they would never get away with this crap. "

I scored 95 on the HARD test for the County of Los Angeles.....I couldn't be hired because I was not bi-lingual....I was bi-lingual German....but that didn't count

Originally Posted by grandmasmad

I scored 95 on the HARD test for the County of Los Angeles.....I couldn't be hired because I was not bi-lingual....I was bi-lingual German....but that didn't count

If we ever get invaded by millions of illegal aliens who speak German you will be the first one they hire.