Dish to close Tulsa center Nov. 1, 51 jobs cut affecting mostly technician dispatchers
By ROBERT EVATT World Business Writer on Sep 11, 2013, at 2:30 AM Updated on 9/11/13 at 3:34 AM
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Dish Network will soon close its Tulsa Regional Resource Center, eliminating 51 positions.
The closure, effective Nov. 1, mostly affects technician dispatchers, according to a statement from Dish. The affected employees will have an opportunity to apply for other positions within Dish.
The decision was based on making the business more effective and automating formerly manual tasks, company officials said.
John W. Hall, a spokesman for Dish, said technicians will now be dispatched from other locations and that the company should be able to maintain the current level of customer service.
Dish employs more than 600 people at a customer service call center at 1950 E. 71st St. in Tulsa, which is unaffected by the decision.
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Original Print Headline: Dish to close Tulsa center, cut 51 jobs
Tech
Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments.
In the smartphone world, Android has been a smashing success. It's evolved into a strong and easy-to-use experience, and it's the platform of choice for most of the top-selling devices out there.
