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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.21 - Public relations and communication activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
7 April 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
American digital outsourcing and customer service company TaskUs is to open its first Polish office in Lodz in 2022 and has announced it will hire 100 people. The office will be their second service hub in Eastern Europe. The recruitment process has just started. TaskUs claims that it has chosen Lodz because of its dynamic and diverse culture, service-based economy, and highly qualified and multilingual staff.
TaskUs provides businesses with social media, e-commerce, games, multimedia streaming, grocery delivery services. Currently, it employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide. The company originates from Texas and is listed on the NASDAQ. It has never operated in Poland before.
Eurofound (2022), TaskUs, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 106678, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106678.
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