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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
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Business process outsourcing (BPO) company Centrum Obsługi Biznesu announced plans to create up to 300 jobs at the new unit in Gdańsk. The company is looking for call center staff, office staff, trainers and managers.
Centrum Obsługi Biznesu was founded in 2006 and it is headquartered in Bydgoszcz. The company employs over 200 people in the Bydgoszcz call center.
The ERM reported on a previous restructuring at the company in 2013.
Sources
14 February 2014: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Centrum Obsługi Biznesu, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76723, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76723.
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