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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.1 - Monetary intermediation
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Alior Bank has announced that it is to create 3500 new jobs over the next three years by opening 400 branches across Poland. The new jobs will be mainly for credit counsellors and customer service specialists, including 270 senior managers. Employment at the new branches will commence around the second half of 2008.
Alior Bank is planning to employ 600 people by the end of 2009. At present, the bank employs 1800 workers. The recruitment will take place mainly in Gdańsk, Olsztyn and the region of Dolny Śląsk i Górny Śląsk.
Sources
23 April 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
3 August 2009: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Alior Bank, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66549, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66549.
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