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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
850 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 May 2014
Employment effect (start)
16 May 2014
Foreseen end date
17 June 2017
Description
Multinational IT company Atos Origin announced plans to create 850 jobs at its newly opened Service Management Center in Bydgoszcz within the next 3 years. As reported the company plans to recruit IT specialists with foreign language skills. The center will provide advanced IT services mainly to customers operating outside Poland.
The investment was accomplished with the support of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency. Atos has been operating in Poland since 2000 and it has branches in four Polish cities (Warszawa, Wrocław, Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk) employing 2,600 people.
ERM reported on previously announced restructuring events in 2013, 2012a and 2012b.
Sources
16 May 2014: Gazeta Wyborcza
16 May 2014: Onet.pl
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Atos IT Services, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77188, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77188.
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