O.C. company opens office, adds 300 jobs in Florida

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ^ | July 30, 2012 | Jan Norman

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Ansafone Contact Centers LLC in Santa Ana will open an office with 300 full-time jobs in Ocala, Fla., starting in October. Owner Randy Harmat made clear in a phone interview that he's not moving his company, which provides telephone customer service for other companies, and is not leaving California.

[freedombiz]

Another California company expands outside the Golden State, taking jobs and spending elsewhere.

[Mr. K]

HE CAN’T DO THAT!

SUE HIM OBAMA!!!

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To people that don’t like Rick Scott- haters gonna hate..

[LooneyTick]

Coming to my town!!!

[PapaBear3625]

Harmat made clear in a phone interview that he's not moving his company, which provides telephone customer service for other companies, and is not leaving California.

But with his new Florida office, he can switch all his business out of California overnight and shut down his CA office if they give him too much trouble.

[Kozy]

Domestic outsourcer.
Let's face it, Florida is income tax free; low worker's comp, lower wages and they are recruiting the company to move there and create jobs.

Jerry Brown on the other hand is building a high speed rail line in the desert. That's the way to show Florida, Jerry. They have 300 jobs, we have a high speed railroad to nowhere.

[Azeem]

"But with his new Florida office, he can switch all his business out of California overnight and shut down his CA office if they give him too much trouble."

Two of the last companies I worked for did just that. One took over a competitor in Atlanta, GA and moved the HQ from Pasadena, CA to there. Another had its main operations in Brea, CA and moved to Indianapolis, IN.

[PapaBear3625]

Another advantage, for a customer support company, is that having offices on both coasts allows them to cover more of the day without making people work weird hours.