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Home Depot To Lay Off 750

JIM REED / The Tampa Tribune

Home Depot employees leave the company's Customer Contact Center at 3020 U.S. 301 following the announcement of layoffs. The company told employees there that they would be laid off in January.

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By Dave Simanoff and Peter Bernard of The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 3, 2007

TAMPA - Home Depot Inc. is laying off 750 people in the Tampa Bay area and will close its Brandon call center on Jan. 28.

Stephen Holmes, Home Depot's senior public relations manager, said closing the call center will help the Atlanta-based home improvement chain save money.

Employees at the call center primarily help Home Depot customers schedule installation services. Once the call center closes, those duties will be handled through the individual stores, Holmes said.

Call center employees will be paid through January.

Two other call centers, one each in Chicago and Dallas, also will be closed. Each call center employs about 100 people.

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