This news can be touted as one of the best stories of reverse outsourcing. HCL, an Indian software outsourcing company has employed 2000 numbers of employee in Northern Ireland.
The news informs us that, not only HCL, but other Indian companies like Firstsource, Pix Transmission and Tech Mahindra also have recruited local engineers after setting up development centers there.
ET reports HCL has so far invested 16 million pounds in three expansions in Northern Ireland in the last seven years - the most recent led to the development of a second BPO/contact centre in Armagh. It has now hired the 2000th employee in the region.
From its centres in Northern Ireland, HCL provides a range of high value BPO, contact centre (including multi-lingual) and online services to a range of clients from sectors as diverse as telecoms, retail, banking, media, publishing, utilities and technology.
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