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[Yankee Fan]

GRDadof3, on Aug 13 2008, 09:47 AM, said:

I was watching WXMI news the other night and apparently they've already hired 40 people, who are being trained on Priceline's systems at GRCC.  That seems pretty fast, to partner with GRCC, interview how many people to find 40 good candidates, do orientations, and start training.  I'm guessing when the first announcement came out on this, the deal was already done.

Always makes me wonder what other deals are in the works that aren't public yet.

We've been working with Priceline for about 2 months on hiring folks.  None of it has been very high level at this point; the most senior of positions have really been administrative team leads and supervisors.

[GRDadof3]

I heard from someone in the travel industry locally that Priceline is talking about moving their entire New York Booking.com operations here.  Don't know how many people that is.  Their HQ's are staying in Norwalk, CT (AFAIK).

[MJLO]

That would be outstanding if they did, I wonder what something like that could mean longterm.

[GRDadof3]

MJLO, on Sep 18 2008, 11:18 AM, said:

That would be outstanding if they did, I wonder what something like that could mean longterm.

More jobs, I would hope.  May even be a lot more jobs, if they grow like they are talking.  Apparently another nice perk of working at Booking.com is frequent trips to Amsterdam for training and meetings (I imagine mostly management level people).

Word on the street is that we might be hearing something soon on another call center opening up in town.

[GRDadof3]

GRDadof3, on Sep 18 2008, 04:21 PM, said:

More jobs, I would hope.  May even be a lot more jobs, if they grow like they are talking.  Apparently another nice perk of working at Booking.com is frequent trips to Amsterdam for training and meetings (I imagine mostly management level people).

Word on the street is that we might be hearing something soon on another call center opening up in town.

MiBiz is reporting that Priceline has now hired 73 people since opening, and plans to have about 300 within a year.

The article also says that according to the Right Place, several other call centers and IT firms have been inquiring about Grand Rapids.

http://www.mibiz.com.../...09&zoneid=3

[Gorath]

Priceline, which currently has 396 jobs in Wyoming, plans to add 500 more.

http://www.mlive.com...dd_up_to_5.html

[arcturus]

Gorath, on 17 October 2011 - 04:51 PM, said:

Priceline, which currently has 396 jobs in Wyoming, plans to add 500 more.

http://www.mlive.com...dd_up_to_5.html

Nice offset to the loss of jobs forthcoming from the Lowe's closure in Ionia.

[joeDowntown]

Lowe's employs 500 in Ionia?! I doubt that.

Joe

[GRDadof3]

joeDowntown, on 19 October 2011 - 02:06 PM, said:

Lowe's employs 500 in Ionia?! I doubt that.

Joe

They might, but most likely predominantly part-timers.