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The company pays wages in San Antonio that are “extremely competitive” with the industry in the San Antonio market, including full benefits, Cristóbal said. “As they pick up business, they're going to put it in San Antonio,” said Wolff, who's leading the chamber's trade mission. “We have an opportunity to grow their business in San Antonio,” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff told the chamber delegation after it toured Atento's large Barcelona operations. Coach Pop swings by newest Wembanyama mural in San Antonio.Vintage construction photos show what lies underneath Canyon Lake.Puro car spotted in Southside San Antonio looks like it’s survived war.McIntyre's new sports bar by North Star Mall is officially open.Texas Representative reveals details about missing Titanic tourist sub.Chris Perez shows off pickup truck Selena bought him for anniversary.Questions Californians ask when they come to Texas.San Antonio is attractive to Atento because of its bilingual and youthful workforce, lower wage scales due to the city's relatively low cost of living and its location in the central time zone, Cristóbal said. The pace of its San Antonio growth will depend on the timing and numbers of contracts it receives, Cristóbal said. clients include AT&T, Pfizer Inc., T-Mobile USA Inc., Whirlpool Corp., DirectTV Inc.

The company has clients in government and the telecommunications, banking, utility, insurance and other private industry sectors.Ītento now employs 1,200 in the United States. In 2010, Atento handled 3.5 billion interactions for its clients in phone calls, cellphone texts, chat lines and social media.

It's the largest private employer in Brazil with about 85,000 workers and is the No. Atento now is second in the world in the call-center services industry behind Paris-based Teleperformance.Ītento has more than 150,000 workers worldwide on four continents, serving about 550 client companies and government agencies across all industries.

Telefonica formed its Atento unit in 1999. The expansion news came as Cristóbal briefed the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce delegation on Thursday during a one-week trade mission to Spain. But the company eventually will need additional space as it moves closer toward its 2,000-employee goals, he said. The new center can accommodate up to 1,300 workers, Cristóbal said. Atento now employs between 350 and 400 workers, said Emilio Cristóbal Rubio, chief operations and sales officer for Atento USA.Ītento will move to larger quarters in June or July to University Park near De Zavala Road and I-10.
