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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Intermediation service activities for retail sale 47.91 - Intermediation service activities for non-specialised retail sale
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 November 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Polish e-commerce platform Allegro announced that it will create 200 new jobs at its units in Poland by the end of 2020.
Following the expansion of its activities in the country, the company will move into a new office space, with an area of 7,000 square metres, in the city of Kraków at the beginning of 2021. At the new location, 140 new positions for engineers and specialists are expected to be created within the next three years.
Allegro was founded in 1999. Currently, the company employs over 2,400 people across the country. The office in Kraków has been operating since 2015, it specialises in the platform development and programming, employing 90 staff.
Eurofound (2020), Allegro, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 102431, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102431.
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