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Some BPO workers worried over Duterte's 'separation' comment

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8amvnkP6Lxw" width="600"></iframe></figure>MANILA - Some business process outsourcing (BPO) employees are worried of losing their jobs following President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s announcement of his &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/20/16/while-in-china-duterte-announces-separation-from-us">separation</a>&quot; from the United States.&quot;Medyo may pangamba na baka ma-apektuhan ang trabaho namin, kasi siyempre if in case mag-pull out ang mga call centers dito,&quot; said call center employee Rachelle Ann Fuentes.(&quot;We&#x27;re worried that our jobs may be affected in case call centers pull out from the Philippines.&quot;)Around 80 to 85 percent of BPO firms in the Philippines are US-based companies.Some foreign investors may already have doubts in investing in the Philippines, but this doesn&#x27;t mean that the country&#x27;s call center industry will crash, a financial analyst said.&quot;A lot of these call centers cater to the American market...For the meantime, I think we are probably going to see the BPO industry stay with us for some time,&quot; said Smith Chua, a chief investment officer and SVP at BPI.The Philippines&#x27; BPO sector is a $25 billion a year industry with about 1.2 million workers.Malacañang assured the industry that the President&#x27;s &quot;separation&quot; statement does not mean severing ties with the US after the IT-BPO Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) &quot;formally reached out to the Office of the President to secure an audience with him and directly discuss our industry’s asks from government.&quot; <ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/22/16/bpo-group-seeks-dialogue-with-duterte-on-us-policy">BPO group seeks dialogue with Duterte on US policy</a></li></ul>The President&#x27;s rhetoric has caused some &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/13/16/outsourcing-firms-jittery-over-duterte-rhetoric-stakeholders-say">jitters</a>&quot; among the outsourcing industry&#x27;s clients, IBPAP Executive Director Genny Inocencio-Marcial said earlier. -- Report from Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - Some business process outsourcing (BPO) employees are worried of losing their jobs following President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement of his "separation" from the United States.

MANILA - Some business process outsourcing (BPO) employees are worried of losing their jobs following President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement of his "separation" from the United States.