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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 January 2019
Employment effect (start)
28 January 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Romanian subsidiary of French call-service provider Webhelp has announced plans to create 500 new jobs by the end of 2019. Webhelp has been operating in Romania since 2001 and has an employee base of 2,600. The company operates four centres in Bucuresti, Ploiesti (Prahova County), Galati (Galati County) and Iasi (Iasi County). Globally, Webhelp has a workforce of about 50,000 people in 140 operational offices across 35 countries.
Previous restructurings took place in 2017 (457 jobs created) and 2016 (300 jobs created).
Eurofound (2019), Webhelp, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 96630, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96630.
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