Call Centers have given outstanding job offers to the Cebuanos by hiring thousands to do customer service, marketing and sales around the globe–from their own city–above minimum wage.<\/p>\n
Those who seem unfit to do regular office-based jobs (mostly undergraduates and elderly) are now able to prove themselves worthy to belong in a busy career world that can give them so much power, fulfillment and self-confidence.<\/p>\n
Cebu City Mayor Tommy knows the importance of the BPO industry not just to his city but also to the entire country as well. So, he aims to grow the industry even more.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday, March 31, 2018, Mayor\u00a0Osme\u00f1a mentioned the dream project again at a press conference and said that he will push through with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very worried. You know what, the BPO industry is more important than taxes. The money there goes directly to the people, the agents. If you cut that off, the urban poor does not have their income anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not studied it but we need the call centers. And I see what they\u2019re doing for Cebu, especially Cebu City. They have become our lifeblood. I\u2019m pushing strongly for this Call Center City. This is the only real economic wave for Cebu City. It\u2019s more real than tourism,\u201d\u00a0he added, in relation to the tax reform threat to the BPO industry by the Department of Finance.<\/p>\n
The Call Center City will bring more in more investors in the city while opening more job opportunities to the Cebuanos. That should lessen the poverty rate in Cebu.<\/p>\n
But that’s not it. He plans on building amenities in the new city to support the agents, too.<\/p>\n
Some major investors\u00a0has his back on this project and have expressed their support in building the dream Call Center City. Thousands of call center agents have also approved of this new project.<\/p>\n
Among\u00a0the exciting\u00a0amenities\u00a0are huge\u00a0call center offices,\u00a0dormitories so agents won’t have to travel far anymore, facilities to handle the educational side of the program, fitness gyms, restaurants and many more.<\/p>\n