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.
Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.3 - Trusts, funds and similar financial entities
330 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 December 2019
Employment effect (start)
10 December 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Goldman Sachs, global investment banking and securities company headquartered in New York, announced that it will increase the number of its employees at its Warsaw office from the current 670 to 1,000 within the next several years. The company is mainly looking for candidates for technical departments. The source also reports the bank aims to increase the number of women working at the office, with females currently accounting for a 40% share in the office's total workforce. Due to this plan, Goldman Sachs is to rent additional office space in Warsaw Spire, an office building.
The company has been operating in Poland since 2011; currently, it employs 670 people in the unit in the city of Warsaw.
Eurofound (2019), Goldman Sachs, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99473, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99473.
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