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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 February 2011
Employment effect (start)
21 February 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Walter Services Austria, a call center employing some 160 employees, is planning on hiring 100 additional workers, making it the biggest employer in the region by 2012. The call center, which has taken over the call center company Ringo and its 60 employees in 2009, has recruited a big order from a large customer from the mobile phone sector, making the expansion necessary.
Sources
21 February 2011: boerse-express.com
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Walter Services Austria, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 71646, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71646.
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