Several Phoenix customer service jobs (Click here) are slated for elimination as a well-known national company closes its local call center.

Deluxe Corporation recently announced its plans to close the company’s call center in Phoenix and lay off about 175 employees. The Minneapolis-based company offers personalized blank checks and other products to consumers and businesses.

The company is closing its Phoenix location in an effort to take on more capacity at other offices throughout the country. Employees who are affected by the job cuts will have the chance to receive severance benefits and help finding other jobs.

With any luck, the job cuts won’t have a huge impact on the Phoenix area’s economy, which is continuing to recover well from the economic downturn. During December, the city’s unemployment rate decreased to 8.4 percent after staying at 8.5 percent for two months in a row.

The Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale area employed roughly 1,741,700 workers during December, which is up from 1,738,600 workers during November and a 1.7 percent jump from the previous year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Phoenix’s loss will be other cities’ gains, as Deluxe is planning to create more jobs in Greensboro, N.C.; Kansas City; and Antelope Valley, Calif. The company has yet to say how many jobs will be added, according to an article by the Phoenix Business Journal.

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