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Missoula County, DirecTV hammering out agreement

An unnamed company recently proposed a 400-employee call center in Missoula to Dick King, head of the Missoula Area Economic Development Corp. The entry-level jobs paid $7.20 an hour. What kind of incentives could this company expect?

“Nothing. That ain’t going to happen,” King said. He refused to even engage in a conversation about such low-paying jobs.

King engineered the incentive package, valued a bit short of $18 million, that will bring DirecTV and 800 call center jobs paying $9.50 an hour to Missoula.
Company and county officials continue to fine-tune the small print on the call center contract. DirecTV executives plan to break ground on a new $12 million building at the Missoula County Development Park this month. Employees at the center will be taking calls this summer, if all goes as planned.

Taking the incentive package at face value, King’s package provides $22,500 per job at the call center. That’s more than the $19,760 that one employee will make working full time at the entry- level wage.

By ROBERT STRUCKMAN of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/12/06/news/local/news06.txt

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