Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company Teleperformance Guyana says it plans to create an additional 1000 jobs next year.
Its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Luis Baretto made this announcement during its 5th anniversary celebration yesterday at the Pegasus Hotel, according to a release from the Ministry of Finance.
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni K. Singh delivered the feature address at the ceremony and highlighted that the BPO industry currently employs 4,135 persons, an increase of 1,229 new jobs for Guyanese country-wide when compared to August 2020.
The release said that the Minister met with Baretto and pledged the Govern-ment’s continued support to the development of the BPO industry here.
Baretto during his presentation, elaborated on the history and the expansion plans of Teleperformance Guyana, the France-based parent company being the global leader in the BPO industry. Teleperformance currently employs 1200 persons here (up from 846 employees in August 2020, 50 percent of whom work remotely) and plans to create another 1000 new jobs in 2022.
Singh congratulated Teleperformance Guyana and welcomed the projected expansion plans. He posited that since August 2020, over 1200 jobs have been created in the BPO industry in Guyana. While welcoming Teleperformance’s expansion plans, Singh also urged the company to expand its regional footprint to areas such as Linden, Berbice and Essequibo.
