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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
22 June 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Outsourcing services company Transcom WorldWide Poland has announced that it will create 150 jobs at its new contact centre in Białystok by the end of 2016. In total, the company plans to create 250 jobs. The company will provide training for new employees.
Transcom WorldWide was established in 1995 in Sweden; it has 52 contact centres in 21 countries. Transcom Worldwide has been operating in Poland since 2003; the company has units in two locations (Olsztyn and Gdańsk) employing 1,000 people.
Sources
22 May 2016: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Transcom WorldWide Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88185, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88185.
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