Updates on World of Beer, Planet Fitness and more

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Xcel hiring for virtual call center positions

Xcel Energy is seeking to hire permanent off-site home-based agents in the Plainview area to staff its virtual Customer Contact Center.

Currently the company has positions available in its residential customer service and credit contact centers. These employees handle incoming calls and work with customers on billing questions, negotiate payments arrangements, service requests, outages, and promote products and services from across the eight states served by Xcel Energy.

Xcel Energy operates a Customer Contact Center in Amarillo and began hiring remote agents in 2021 in New Mexico. Additional positions are open for applicants in Amarillo, Dumas and Pampa.

The positions are full-time and employees selected receive all the benefits of working for Xcel Energy including medical and dental, competitive pay, 401(k), paid time off and on-going training and professional development. Employees are provided high quality computer technology, and all receive an extensive eight-week virtual training session. Potential employees must have adequate internet access at their home which the company can determine based on their internet service provider.

Those interested in applying will find details at xcelenergy.com.

Planet Fitness letting teens work out for free

Planet Fitness, one of the largest franchisors and operators of fitness centers, is inviting high schoolers ages 14-19 to work out for free at any of its more than 2,200 Planet Fitness locations throughout the United States and Canada from May 16 through Aug. 31 as part of the High School Summer Pass initiative.

High School Summer Pass was formerly known as Teen Summer Challenge, which was the first program of its kind launched in 2019 and saw more than 900,000 teens sign up and complete more than 5.5 million workouts over a three-and-a-half-month period.

High schoolers can visit PlanetFitness.com/SummerPass to pre-register, and get a reminder to formally sign up when the program officially kicks off on Monday, May 16. Teens under 18 must register with a parent or guardian online or in-club.

To further motivate high schoolers to make fitness a priority, all participants who sign up starting May 16 are automatically entered into The Planet Fitness High School Summer Pass Sweepstakes. Planet Fitness will award one $500 scholarship in each state (and the District of Columbia), and one grand prize $5,000 scholarship at the end of the summer. These scholarships can be used for academic or athletic activities or programs.

In addition, the certified trainers at Planet Fitness have also designed 15 trainer-led workout videos and 10 downloadable workouts just for high schoolers (across all fitness levels). This content will be available on the Planet Fitness App and at PlanetFitness.com/SummerPass starting May 16.

Planet Fitness is inviting high schoolers ages 14 – 19 to work out for free at any of its more than 2,200 Planet Fitness locations throughout the United States and Canada from May 16 through August 31 as part of the High School Summer Pass initiative.
Planet Fitness is inviting high schoolers ages 14 – 19 to work out for free at any of its more than 2,200 Planet Fitness locations throughout the United States and Canada from May 16 through August 31 as part of the High School Summer Pass initiative.

'Shrimp' eat free at WOB for National Shrimp Day

National Shrimp Day is coming up and World of Beer Bar & Kitchen is celebrating everyone’s favorite tiny crustacean in a big way. On Tuesday, May 10, in honor of National Shrimp Day, anyone under 5 feet tall will receive WOB’s popular Char-Grilled Shrimp dish for free.

“At WOB Bar & Kitchen, we believe in great beer, great food and having a ton of fun, which is especially important these days,” said Liam Lowrie, general manager, WOB Bar & Kitchen Lubbock. “We truly hope that guests — both short and tall — get a kick out of this offer."

All “shrimp” are invited to visit WOB, 2912 W. Loop 289, in the West End Shopping Center, and mention the promotion to redeem the free dish. Available on May 10, 2022, for dine-in only, while supplies last. You must mention Shrimp Eat Free promotion to redeem. Offer is limited to one per person.

For more information on WOB Bar & Kitchen, visit www.worldofbeer.com.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Updates on World of Beer, Planet Fitness and more

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