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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Intermediation service activities for retail sale 47.91 - Intermediation service activities for non-specialised retail sale
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
27 November 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
The global e-commerce platform, Groupon, announced that it will create 300 new jobs at its international business centre (shared services centre) in Warsaw. The company has already started the recruitment process; the company is looking for specialists and managers with knowledge of foreign languages. The centre was opened in June 2015 and currently employs 200 people. The centre provides services to clients of nine European countries, including Poland. Groupon has been operating in Poland since 2010.
Sources
27 November 2015: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Groupon, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86031, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86031.
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