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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.01 - Computer programming activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
6 October 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
The American company Amazon is to hire 100 permanent staff in the new research and development (R&D) centre in Iasi by the end of 2016. Another 300 employees will be hired over the next 3 years.
At present Amazon Romania has a total workforce of 600. The company opened the first R&D centre in Romania in 2005 and it has invested 40 million euro since.
Sources
6 October 2016: businessmagazin.ro
6 October 2016: capital.ro
6 October 2016: revistabiz.ro
6 October 2016: Wall-Street.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Amazon Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 88785, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88785.
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