Two Firms, Sallie Mae and Maximus, Create Hundreds Of Jobs In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
12/10/2013
“Providing quality customer service to millions of American students and their families takes a talented, dedicated team of employees,” said Sallie Mae President and CEO John “Jack” F. Remondi. “We have found them here in Wilkes-Barre. We applaud the Governor for his efforts to help facilitate our expansion in Northeast Pennsylvania.”
Sallie Mae’s Loan Servicing Center in Wilkes-Barre began operations in 1987 at the old Faith Shoe Factory with 21,000 square feet of space. At the end of its first year of operations, there were 48 employees at the center who serviced 53,000 accounts. Today, about 1,000 employees service millions of student loans, and process payments made to Sallie Mae by its customers throughout the country.
In addition to the Sallie Mae expansion, it was announced earlier this week that Maximus, a leading operator of government health and human services programs, will open a second location and hire 500 to 700 people in Luzerne County.
“As these two expansions bring more than 1,000 jobs to the region, it is clear Pennsylvania is open for business,” said Gov. Tom Corbett.
“We are actively working with companies like Sallie Mae to help them create family sustaining jobs throughout Pennsylvania, and I welcome Sallie Mae’s continued investment in our commonwealth and its greatest asset - our people,” Corbett said.
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