There has been very considerable movement of back-office jobs out of the city.
It will also dismiss 400 employees who work in back-office jobs.
That was not the case in the late 1980's, when Merrill Lynch moved 2,500 back-office jobs to Jersey City.
The New York region is spawning thousands of back-office jobs that provide new opportunity for young and relatively unskilled workers.
He estimated that more than 100,000 back-office jobs would be moved out of New York City by 1990.
Over all, many back-office jobs could wind up in India, where the company is hiring at a rapid pace.
Industry analysts expect much of AT&T's shrinking consumer business to be closed, including call centers and back-office jobs.
It's the kind of area that they generally do cut back in, because it's a back-office job.
These are the back-office jobs of the "new economy," paying $8 to $9 an hour and offering no stock-option bonuses.
Last spring Salomon Brothers moved 120 back-office jobs into 32,000 square feet at the terminal from Manhattan.
