The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.30 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
5,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Thales, a major player in the French high-tech industry, which specialises in secure communications systems, has announced the recruitment of 5,000 people worldwide, of which 2,000 are to take place in France. The company seeks new talent in artificial intelligence and cyber-security. Thales is seeking profiles with diverse backgrounds in terms of nationality, education and professional experience. 40% of new hires will be women. Thales is primarily seeking engineers and managers to work in R&D (software, hardware and systems engineering), but also in manufacturing, customer service and bid and project management. The company is also expanding its Artificial Intelligence research teams. In addition to its current AI staff of 150 people, Thales is recruiting around 30 junior specialists and experts in AI, primarily in France and Canada. As the number of cyberattacks grows, Thales is also expanding its cybersecurity businesses and is seeking to hire 400 cyber specialists worldwide, including 200 in France.
Eurofound (2018), Thales, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 94545, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94545.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
