The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Europe (France, UK, Belgium), North America and Asia.
Sector
Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
700 - 900 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2006
Foreseen end date
31 July 2007
Description
The French group Capgemini, an IT Engineering Service company, has confirmed that Capgemini (52,700 employees in the World) will cut between 700 and 900 jobs in the world between November 2006 and July 2007. This decision of the CEO results from the world plan of internal restructuring that the group announced in November 2005, by which between 700 and 900 jobs are to be lost in the world in the next years. The Capgemini group is a France-based company that specializes in the provision of consulting, technology, outsourcing and local professional services. The Company's consulting services focus on growth strategies, customer relationship management, and finance and employee transformation. Its outsourcing services comprise applications management, infrastructure management, business process outsourcing and transformational outsourcing. Its technology services include systems architecture, integration and infrastructure. The Capgemini group employs some 52,700 people in Europe, North America and Asia.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Capgemini, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 63817, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63817.
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