Sallie Mae to add 2,000 jobs in the U.S.

April 6, 2009 – 8:23 pm – No Comment

Sallie Mae will be bringing back its call center operations from overseas to the U.S. creating 2,000 new jobs.

It originally moved the jobs overseas to cut $300 million annually. At the time, the company was having trouble making a profit on a student loan.

Sallie Mae plans to return its 2,000 jobs to the U.S. by October 2010, with 600 of those positions on tap for its Wilkes-Barre, Pa. facility.

“This is great news for northeastern Pennsylvania,” said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., at a news conference at the company’s facility in Wilkes-Barre with Lord and Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa. “With the U.S. unemployment rate at 8.5 percent, it is about time we have some ’in-sourcing.’ I hope that more companies that have sent jobs overseas will follow Sallie Mae’s example and bring jobs back to the United States.”

The jobs will be coming from India, the Philippines, and Mexico.

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