For decades now, Tampa has been known as being, among other things, the business home for call centers. You remember, those low paying jobs that Americans used to get before they were outsourced to India?
Time Warner was one of leading businesses bringing such jobs to the Tampa area, and it was announced today that the corporation intends to bring in 500 jobs over the next five years for a new shared resource center in Hillsborough County, beginning a year from now with about 100 employees.
The St. Pete Times Katie Sanders reports that those jobs will "mainly be in human resources and information technology, with most salaries starting 'north of $50,000.'"
This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2011.