Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Revenue.	$ 432,213	$ 394,356
Type of Revenue	us-gaap:ServiceMember	us-gaap:ServiceMember
Operating expenses
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization presented separately below)	$ 321,557	$ 293,334
Selling, general and administrative	49,834	49,720
Depreciation and amortization	18,872	16,743
Restructuring charges, net	538	961
Impairment losses	696	1,506
Total operating expenses	391,497	362,264
Income from operations	40,716	32,092
Other income (expense)
Interest income	364	340
Interest expense	(9,592)	(5,288)
Other income (expense), net	3,396	798
Total other income (expense)	(5,832)	(4,150)
Income before income taxes	34,884	27,942
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes	(10,199)	(7,466)
Net income	24,685	20,476
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(3,151)	(1,474)
Net income (loss) attributable to TTEC stockholders	21,534	19,002
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(29,814)	1,631
Derivative valuation, gross	(10,549)	4,180
Derivative valuation, tax effect	2,746	(1,119)
Other, net of tax	127	55
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(37,490)	4,747
Total comprehensive income (loss)	(12,805)	25,223
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,700)	(1,503)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to TTEC stockholders	$ (14,505)	$ 23,720
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic	46,498	46,203
Diluted	46,813	46,590
Net income per share attributable to TTEC stockholders
Basic	$ 0.46	$ 0.41
Diluted	0.46	0.41
Dividends declared per share outstanding	$ 0.34	$ 0.30