Orange has apologised after telling its employees they could only keep their call centre jobs if they moved to new offices ... in the Philippines.

The company, which has cut 1,200 jobs since it merged with T-Mobile to create Everything Everywhere, told 40 night shift workers at its Darlington call centre that they could take alternative, less lucrative roles, or relocate 7,000 miles to Manila.
Staff claim the company gave them details of a “rice allowance” they could claim as part of the transfer to IBM, Orange’s outsource partner in the Philippines.
An employee who declined to be named told The Northern Echo that: “No-one in their right mind would want to move to Manila.
“When we asked for details of the transfer package we were handed a sheet of paper with what the IBM employees receive which is less than £200 a month, with a rice allowance and a laundry allowance. ”
A small number of staff have accepted severance packages, some have taken alternative roles at the Darlington office, but lost their £8,000-a-year night shift allowances.