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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
2 September 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On 2 September 2012, IT company Atos Origin Polska announced plans to hire 100 people at the unit in Bydgoszcz. The company is looking for engineers, experienced managers and also people with foreign language skills (especially English, Russian, German, French and Slovak).
Beata Wróblewska, spokeswoman of Atos Origin, said the company is to increase employment due to a seven-year contract signed with Danish-Swedish postal operator PostNord. In 2012 Atos Origin created 235 jobs and the company plans to develop the unit by hiring an additional 300 people in next two years.
Atos Origin is a multinational IT company, which operates in 42 countries and employs over 78,500 people. The company has branches in four Polish cities (Warszawa, Wrocław, Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk).
Sources
2 September 2012: Strefa Biznesu ()
14 September 2012: Strefa Biznesu ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Atos Origin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 74565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74565.
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