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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 December 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
German-parented IT company GFT Poland announced it plans to create 200 new jobs at its unit in Łódź in 2015. The company is recruiting IT specialists.
GFT Poland is a part of GFT group which provides IT services for nine out of ten largest banks in the world. The group was founded in 1987 and it employs 3,000 people in 11 countries. Currently, GFT employs 500 people in two Polish locations (Łódź and Poznań).
Sources
4 December 2014: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2014), GFT Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 78140, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78140.
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