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Ten years ago: Move 7,000 miles to save your jobs at Orange


Orange, which merged with T-Mobile in 2010, confirmed that 40 staff would be affected by outsourcing work abroad Picture: MATT LLOYD / NNP
TEN years ago, this week, under-threat workers at a mobile phone company were offered the chance to keep their jobs - if they moved 7,000 miles to the Philippines.
Some staff of Orange s night shift customer services team, in Darlington, said they were even given details of a rice allowance they could claim when they asked for details of the transfer package to the firm s service partner, IBM, in the Filipino capital, Manila.
Orange, which merged with T-Mobile in 2010 to create Everything Everywhere, confirmed that 40 staff would be affected by plans to outsource some work abroad. ....

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