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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.0 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
The American IT company IBM has announced that it will create 500 new jobs at its Global Services Delivery Centre (shared services centre) in Wrocław by the end of 2016.
IBM has been operating in Poland since 1991, with branches in Warszawa, Katowice, Gdańsk, Poznań, Kraków and Wrocław. The centre has been operating in Wrocław since 2010; currently, it employs about 3,500 in the city. The centre provide services in the field of information technology to customers in Europe.
Sources
27 April 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2016), IBM, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87497, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87497.
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