An American call center company located in Ottawa is slowly laying off hundreds of workers.

Convergys tells CTV News, 600 employees remain but another 400 will be cut by April 18th.

The company is moving the work to the Philippines.


Operations manager Paul Carr says there is no sign of a new contract in Ottawa to provide work for their employees.

They have been holding job fairs at their Heron Road offices where other call center companies have come to see who they might hire.

The city of Ottawa recently passed a motion urging city staff to see what could be done to keep the jobs in Ottawa.