US-based business process outsourcing (BPO) company, Afni, Inc. is ending 2021 by kicking off the construction of its latest hub in Metro Manila at the SM City Fairview Tower 4 on December 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Afni-exclusive tower is over 12,000 square meters, four floors high, and set to be home to more than 3,000 members of the \u201cAfni family.\u201d The site, thoughtfully designed by NTT Ltd., a global technology services company, boasts amenities and workspace that are accessible and conducive to the employees\u2019 overall well-being and optimum productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe opening of the new site in the second quarter of 2022 coincides with Afni\u2019s 10th<\/sup> anniversary in the Philippines,\u201d said the company\u2019s Vice President for Operations and Country Manager Khalid Khursheed during the groundbreaking ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a milestone for our organization and people \u2013 a start of many more,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afni\u2019s expansion in PH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Afni first expanded to the Philippines in 2012 with a handful of staff at Bonifacio Global City. In 2013, the company moved to Diliman Commercial Center in Quezon City to further strengthen its foothold. In 2017, Afni opened its flagship site at One Felicity Center along Commonwealth Avenue. And in the last quarter of 2020, it opened its SM City Fairview Tower 5 site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The SM City Tower 4 sits at a prime and up-and-coming area in northern Quezon City, a destination for almost all public utility vehicles, including the mega project Metro Railway Transport 7 (MRT-7). The area has been undergoing massive development in recent years, driving employment to those living in surrounding residential communities and neighboring provinces like Bulacan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSM City Fairview is pleased to welcome Afni to our ever-growing community,\u201d said SM Supermalls President Steven Tan in a statement. \u201cWe are honored to be partners with a company that shares the same confidence in the talent and grit of the Filipino workforce.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Afni\u2019s growing \u2018family\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the steady expansion over the years, the company\u2019s headcount has grown to nearly 6,500 to date and is forecast to further increase despite the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEven when we had to adapt to the \u2018new normal,\u2019 our growth didn\u2019t stop,\u201d said Khalid. \u201cWe\u2019ve grown 70% from 2019 to 2021 \u2013 we\u2019re able to do that in two years amid the pandemic and in one year of regular operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe dedication of our people has continuously driven our success, giving us the tremendous opportunity to set our sights on expanding to more locations,\u201d said Afni Inc. President Ron Greene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis groundbreaking ceremony is proof that together, we can achieve greater heights,\u201d added Greene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aligned with the government\u2019s initiatives of bringing rapid development and jobs to the countryside, Afni is actively looking for locations outside the metro, with a quality talent pool and robust infrastructure in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs we open new sites, we see not only organizational growth but also the creation of many jobs for Filipinos,\u201d said Khalid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Afni-exclusive tower is over 12,000 square meters, four floors high, and set to be home to more than 3,000 members of the \u201cAfni family.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":46917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7242,1508],"class_list":["post-46915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-afni-inc","tag-business-process-outsourcing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}