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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.11 - Data processing, hosting and related activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
23 September 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Facebook, the US-based social media platform, has announced that it will create 500 jobs in its operations centre in Gdańsk by 2023. Assuming a constant recruitment pace, this would represent a job creation of 300 by mid-2022.
The centre will support small and medium-sized companies in promotional campaigns on the portal and in related applications: Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Initially, the centre will provide services only in Polish and Russian; in the future, it will also include services in Czech, Hungarian, Romaniam, Germany and English.
Founded in 2004, Facebook currently employs over 60,600 people worldwide.
Eurofound (2021), Facebook, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105371, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105371.
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