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Charter to hire 100 new workers in Billings area

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 6 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| December 19, 2014 7:25 PM

BILLINGS — Charter Communications has announced plans to hire 100 new employees in Billings.

Company officials said Wednesday that the new jobs will be primarily in sales and customer retention.

Wages would start at about $35,000 a year, depending on experience, and include training, benefits, incentive pay and free cable and Internet service.

Charter has about 425 employees in Billings and a call center that handles 120,000 calls daily as the area’s largest cable and Internet service provider. The company has 700 employees in Montana.

St. Louis-based Charter is one of the nation’s largest cable, Internet and phone service providers.

Charter officials said Billings is a growing market where employees are needed.

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