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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer consultancy activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 December 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
Webhelp, the French consulting multinational company will open two offices in Lisbon and Braga and will hire 500 persons, 200 for Lisbon and 300 for Braga.
According to the company, despite such an atypical year, Portugal is still one of the best destinations worldwide to install multilingual hubs.
Since 2015, when the company came to Portugal, more than €8 million were invested in infrastructure, in Portugal. Currently, the company employs 2,000 persons spread over Lisbon, Braga and Oeiras. The company aim is to employee 3,000 persons by 2023.
Eurofound (2020), Webhelp, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 102979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102979.
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