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Old 11-03-2011, 09:59 AM
 
Location: ATL
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New Home Depot facility bringing 700 jobs to Cobb *| ajc.com

The Home Depot plans to open a new customer support call center next year in Cobb County, bringing with it 700 jobs. The project is the largest jobs announcement in the state this year.

The facility will be based in the Chastain Meadows commercial office park in Kennesaw north of the Town Center mall, and plans to be operational by late 2012. The call center will open with about 400 jobs and expand to 700 jobs by 2015.

Recruiting for the jobs is also expected to begin next year. The average salary for customer service representatives, who will provide support for the company's online retail operations, will be in the mid-$30,000s range, said Blair Lewis, a senior official with the state’s Economic Development Department.
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Old 11-03-2011, 10:19 AM
 
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Sounds like good news to me. The jobs aren't high paying but they aren't minimum-wage either. It isn't a transplanted HQ, so hopefully it will be taking unemployed people in tough times directly out of the job market, rather than mostly relocating people from another city (which is good, but mainly just increases demand for lower-wage people among the existing residents).
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Old 11-03-2011, 11:54 AM
 
Location: ATL
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If this was about Cobb losing 700 jobs this thread would be at 10 pages by now
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Old 11-03-2011, 12:30 PM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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Wonder what percentage will be illegals?
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Old 11-03-2011, 12:37 PM
 
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Wonder what percentage will be illegals?
Approximately 0% would be my guess.
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Old 11-03-2011, 01:25 PM
 
Location: 30080
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Wonder what percentage will be illegals?


At any rate, this will definitely be a better option than Ryla.
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Old 11-03-2011, 01:29 PM
 
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New Home Depot facility bringing 700 jobs to Cobb *| ajc.com

The Home Depot plans to open a new customer support call center next year in Cobb County, bringing with it 700 jobs. The project is the largest jobs announcement in the state this year.

The facility will be based in the Chastain Meadows commercial office park in Kennesaw north of the Town Center mall, and plans to be operational by late 2012. The call center will open with about 400 jobs and expand to 700 jobs by 2015.

Recruiting for the jobs is also expected to begin next year. The average salary for customer service representatives, who will provide support for the company's online retail operations, will be in the mid-$30,000s range, said Blair Lewis, a senior official with the state’s Economic Development Department.
Great news for Cobb residents. Thank you for sharing this.
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Old 11-04-2011, 12:16 AM
 
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Very good news. It's nice to balance out the depressing news threads with these upbeat ones.
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:04 AM
 
Location: East side - Metro ATL
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This is GREAT news. I hope this trend continues.
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Old 11-04-2011, 01:18 PM
 
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A huge win for the ATL!!
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