Wells Fargo Closing Southside Service Center

[thelakelander]

Wells Fargo & Co. is closing a customer service center in Jacksonville that employs 150 people, the company announced Tuesday.

The California-based company currently employs about 3,900 people in North Florida and 16,000 total in Florida after acquiring Wachovia Corp. in December 2008.

It currently has about 200 openings in North Florida, and the 150 workers at the Customer Connection center in Deerwood Park who are losing their jobs will have the opportunity to apply for those positions, Wells Fargo spokeswoman Kathy Harrison said.

full article: http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-02-22/story/wells-fargo-closing-jacksonville-service-center-employs-150#ixzz1LWhOQYSn

[mtraininjax]

Too bad too, because when First Union was here, that whole area employed THOUSANDS, just part of the big bank swallowing the small bank. If you were a bank in the 80s, it appears that Atlanta, Birmingham and Charlotte have emerged as the victors in the Southeast.

[Jaxson]

WTF?  Florida is supposed to have one of the best business climates in the nation.  Why can't we compete with Atlanta, Birmingham and Charlotte?

[Charles Hunter]

WTF?  Florida is supposed to have one of the best business climates in the nation.  Why can't we compete with Atlanta, Birmingham and Charlotte?

The obvious answer - our taxes aren't low enough!  We need to pass a Negative Tax, that pays businesses!  Perhaps we could charge citizens to use such luxuries as schools, and air, and sidewalks ...

[duvaldude08]

WTF?  Florida is supposed to have one of the best business climates in the nation.  Why can't we compete with Atlanta, Birmingham and Charlotte?

The obvious answer - our taxes aren't low enough!  We need to pass a Negative Tax, that pays businesses!  Perhaps we could charge citizens to use such luxuries as schools, and air, and sidewalks ...

Who are you telling? Georgia taxes you too death. My best friend stays up there and there is a "luxury car" tax. I will not even say how much he has to pay to renew his tag every year. LOL

[wsansewjs]

...and air...

-looks into my empty wallet and starts to suffocating for air-

-Josh

[copperfiend]

WTF?  Florida is supposed to have one of the best business climates in the nation.  Why can't we compete with Atlanta, Birmingham and Charlotte?

I blame Charles Rice