IBM

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion południowo-zachodni; Dolnośląskie; Miasto Wrocław
Location of affected unit(s)
Wrocław
Sector
Information / Computing
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/87497.