Those jobs outsourced to the Philippines could be in jeopardy if Rodrigo Duterte breaks ties with the US

Those jobs outsourced to the Philippines could be in jeopardy if Rodrigo Duterte breaks ties with the US

If you’ve ever called customer support at Amazon, American Express, or Citibank, chances are you were speaking to someone in the Philippines. But the country’s massive call-center industry, which now outstrips India’s (paywall) by revenue, could suffer as a result of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s bravado. He announced yesterday (Oct. 20) during a trip to…