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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.0 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 January 2021
Employment effect (start)
20 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
Teleperformance, a French business process outsourcing company announced the creation of around 500 new positions in 2021. The company is looking mainly for foreign language speakers. The new positions are available mainly at its centre in Bucharest.
Teleperformance currently operates in Bucharest with a capacity of 350 workstations and has 1100 employees. All the employees are currently teleworking. The subsidiary offers nearshore support in Russian, Italian, Spanish, English, French, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and German.
Teleperformance was established in 1978, is headquartered in Paris and has a workforce of 330,000 in 80 countries.
Sources
20 January 2021: Ziarul Financiar (short version of the article) (www.zf.ro)
Eurofound (2021), Teleperformance, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 103386, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103386.
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