AT&T (T) says it’s reached a milestone in efforts to move 5,000 previously outsourced high-tech jobs back onto the payrolls of the phone giant’s operating companies in the U.S.
AT&T claims it’s brought back more than 3,000 jobs outsourced by BellSouth outside the U.S., and the company is halfway toward its goal of bringing back another 2,000 jobs outsourced to locations in the former SBC territory. Jobs have been located in Indiana, Texas, Nevada, Michigan and Arkansas. Most provide support for wired broadband customers.
"We expect to complete this ambitious 5,000 job in-sourcing initiative by this summer, less than three years after the program was announced," said Bill Blase, senior executive vice president of Human Resources. "These are good jobs with good wages and benefits, and we are delighted to have them back in-house and on shore.
AT&T says the vast majority of the jobs had been placed offshore by contract vendors.
The company claims it is adding jobs in wireless, video and broadband, even in this tough economy.
