Orange has made an apology after telling call centre employees that they could only keep their jobs if they moved to new offices … in the Philippines. The Telegraph reported on the story.

The company, which has cut 1,200 jobs since it merged with T-Mobile to create Everything Everywhere, told 40 night shift workers at its Darlington call centre that they could take alternative, less lucrative roles, or relocate 7,000 miles to Manila.

Staff claim the company gave them details of a “rice allowance” they could claim as part of the transfer to IBM, who are Orange’s outsource partner in the Philippines.

A spokesman from Everything Everywhere said, “We are continuing discussions with a very small number of employees who have expressed an interest in the option of transferring to Manila .”

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