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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (82975)	8/2/2007 4:22:55 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

this is OT, but its funny so I am posting here Dell closes Oregon call center after 5 years Associated Press Article Launched: 08/02/2007 12:10:41 PM PDT ROSEBURG, Ore. - Computer manufacturer Dell Inc. closed its Roseburg, Ore., call center on Thursday, five years after it opened. More than 200 employees learned about 10 a.m. that they had lost their jobs. "It's a difficult decision to make and one we understand is significant for the people affected, so we're doing everything we can to help them transition beyond Dell," spokesman David Frink told the Roseburg News-Review. He said the company announced plans in May to reduce employment worldwide by 10 percent. He said the Roseburg location is the only such center in the United States to close. Frink said the closure has nothing to do with a lawsuit filed by employees of the Roseburg center in February, claiming Dell violated federal and state wage and hour laws. "There was not a single thing or series of things that singled out Roseburg other than the effort to make the business overall more efficient and consolidate some functionality," he said