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Fri 04 Apr 2003Dell may cap call centre jobs in State
Dell may cap the total number of staff it employs at its call centres in Bray and Cherrywood because of the higher cost of doing business in the Republic compared to Asian competitors such as India.
The US computer firm, which employs about 1,000 full-time staff at its Irish call centre sites, will also continue to relocate further lower-skilled business functions to Asian countries in order to reduce costs, according to senior executives who met in New York this week to discuss business strategy.
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