{"id":90033,"date":"2022-04-06T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=90033"},"modified":"2022-04-06T13:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:31:48","slug":"lack-of-housing-in-queens-holding-back-call-centre-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/lack-of-housing-in-queens-holding-back-call-centre-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of housing in Queens holding back call centre expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the largest private sector employers in Queens County is asking where his employees will find a place to live.<\/p>\n

President and owner of Global Empire Corporation Moe Nashman made the comments at an event celebrating the grand opening of their call centre on White Point Road in Liverpool, Monday.<\/p>\n

The call centre employs 120 people and Nashman says he would love to double that number.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people that want to work and for me to bring them from out of town into town, I can offer them employment and I know Sobeys and all the other grocery stores can offer them food, we just need to know where they live,\u201d said Nashman. \u201cIf I could offer them housing, I could fill this place in five minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Global Empire already has call centres in Orlando, Florida and Boise, Idaho.<\/p>\n

Liverpool is the company\u2019s first call centre in Canada.<\/p>\n

As he provided a tour of the refurbished facility, Nashman pointed to the rows of cubicles that filled half a large, open workspace.<\/p>\n

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Global Empire call centre cubicles. Photo Ed Halverson<\/p><\/div>\n

He says the company has already ordered the furniture and equipment to fill the rest of the space.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to start hiring by the end of the year for the second half, but I do need to figure out the accommodation\/housing for employees,\u201d said Nashman.<\/p>\n

Most of the call centre employees live within the Region of Queens but roughly 20 commute from outside the municipality with some travelling as much as an hour and a half each way.<\/p>\n

Nashman is hoping to speak with provincial officials to learn what can be done to make housing more available.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn five minutes, I could load an airplane full of people that want to come to Nova Scotia. Where they [are] going to live, I have no idea and that\u2019s the biggest problem,\u201d said Nashman.<\/p>\n

He says an influx of a couple of hundred people to the area would benefit the region and the province as a whole.<\/p>\n

As the tour concluded, Nashman added the company is still looking to hire another 10 people this round and is accepting applications.<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nTwitter: @edwardhalverson<\/strong><\/p>\n

To listen to the broadcast of this story, press play below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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