Progressive to add 1,000 jobs in Austin

Austin American Statesman ^ | 1/24/19 | Lori Hawkins

[Blue House Sue]

Hundreds more jobs -- this time non-tech -- are coming to Austin.

Auto insurance company Progressive announced Thursday that it plans to create 1,000 jobs in Austin as part of a national hiring push to add 10,000 workers in 2019.

The new Austin positions will be in sales, customer service and claims at Progressive’s contact center, which is off East Ben White Boulevard. The center is the company’s main bilingual service facility, and some of the positions will be for workers who speak English and Spanish.

[Verginius Rufus]

One of the early Progressive ads featured two flamboyantly homosexual men. Since then I have done my best to avoid watching their ads but the snippets I have accidentally seen seem to feature metrosexual men, if not openly homosexual ones.

I also switch channels to avoid Liberty Mutual ads, but for another reason--it annoys me that they act like they own the Statue of Liberty.

[laplata]

The term doesn’t come to mind but it’s all designed to discreetly influence people. It’s very subtle.

[Fightin Whitey]

It’s those geriatric snowboarders who ruin it for us all!!

[Verginius Rufus]

Subliminal? (”Beneath the threshold”)

[Notthereyet]

One of my sisters works in Maryland, where I resided.

She has bonded with two other conservatives. They are called by their co-workers the Amigos because they share the same conservative values. LOL

[Clay Moore]

I had no idea that Progressive had customer service people.

Woe to you if you ever have to make a claim after one of their customers hits you, even though they were 100% at fault.

[laplata]

Subliminal? (”Beneath the threshold”)

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Yes, thank you.

[laplata]

Good to hear. Thanks.