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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
550 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
24 February 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
French multinational IT company Atos has announced that it will create 550 new jobs at its unit in Bydgoszcz. Atos is a multinational IT company, which operates in 73 countries and employs over 120,000 people. In Poland, Atos has been operating since 2000. The company has branches in eight Polish cities (Warszawa, Wrocław, Łódź, Toruń, Kraków, Rzeszów, Opole and Gdańsk), at which it employs about 5,000 people. In Bydgoszcz, the company employs about 3,500 people. A previous restructuring programme was announced in June 2017 (100 new jobs).
Eurofound (2019), Atos, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97296, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97296.
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