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T-Mobile Brings Positive Impact To Local Economy

by Judy Barnes

By choosing Redmond, Oregon as the site for their new call center, T-Mobile has added a favorable impact on the economy of Deschutes County. The center has the potential to bring 700 to 1000 new jobs to the area, with an upscale salary level, full benefits, 401k retirement plan, quarterly bonuses based on performance and allowing employees to become fully vested.. They will be offering long and short term disability, life insurance with paid time off and sick pay, as well as dental and vision insurance.

The new 77,000 square foot facility being built by T-Mobile adds much to the community in the way of a  modern, upscale architectural structure with all the amenities, including a work-out room with cardiovascular exercise machines, floor mats and  weights. As added incentives, they are offering a cyber café’, fun center and quiet room.

Focusing on the employee, this company reaches beyond the normal by building a quality team of top performers that pull together for the enhancement of everyone. They currently have 250,000 employees, with 22,000  nationwide and 12.1 million customers. 

T-Mobile is an international company, based in Bonn, Germany, and is in 8,000 cities world-wide in 179 countries. Having already hired 50 managers, T-Mobile will be hiring 700 full time representatives in the customer service department. The company has changed it’s start-up date to February and will start the six week training program in January with over 100 new employees.

T-Mobile operates an all-digital, national wireless network based on the Global Mobile System, (GMS), the most widely used digital wireless standard in the world with over 700 million subscribers worldwide. The U.S. operations are based in Bellevue, Washington and was formerly Voicestream Wireless. With 83 million mobile customers worldwide this makes it one of the top three global wireless carriers. T-Mobile operates an all-digital national wireless network based on GMS technology.

This international telecommunications group, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, is the first and only mobile communications company to offer service on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2003 it was the first wireless to introduce video messaging services in the US where customers can record and send full motion color video messaging, including sound, using a wireless phone.

Awarded the best Global Mobile Operator Service for offering quality customer care, T-Mobile is a community minded company that reaches out it’s services to help local organizations. They work with Parks and Recreation to adopt parks, they have worked with Habitat for Humanity and have provided military packets to send to Iraq. Each year it selects an organization in the local communities to assist. With all it has to offer, T-Mobile is a very welcome asset to Deschutes County.