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Verizon Departs Uruguay, Leaving 265 Unemployed
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Verizon departs Uruguay, leaving 265 unemployed
Telecommunications multinational Verizon's decision to shift its Uruguayan operations to Chile has resulted in the layoff of 265 workers hired by Alorica, a third-party provider handling customer services for the US giant from a free trade zone in Montevideo.
The company Alorica, installed in the Aguada Park free zone of Montevideo, fired 265 workers after its client, the U.S. telecommunications company Verizón, stopped operating in Uruguay. The employees were notified on August 14 about the completion of the project for which they had been hired, and the decoupling took place on August 30. At a bipartite meeting, the firm attributed the decision to a global restructuring and to the departure from th…
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