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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.01 - Computer programming activities
1,300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
26 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
American company Amazon is to hire 1,000 permanent staff at the new offices in Bucharest by the end of 2017.
Last year Amazon hired 100 persons in the development center in Iasi, which is Amazon’s first R&D facility in Eastern Europe. The R&D centre in Iasi was opened in 2005 and the company has invested 40 million euro since.
At present Amazon Romania has a total workforce of 700.
Update, 26 June 2017: The officials of the company announced that the space for the new offices (in Bucharest) has been rented and the recruitment process for 1,000 new employees has started.
UPDATE, 17 October 2017: The officials of the company announced that the space for the new offices (in Bucharest) has been rented and that 1,300 employees will be recruited.
Sources
26 January 2017: Ziarul Financiar
26 January 2017: Mediafax
26 June 2017: Ziarul Financiar
27 June 2017: Romania-Insider.com
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Amazon Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 89965, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89965.
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