Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Szczecin, Koszalin, Niepołomice, Lublin, Łódź, Pruszcz Gdański, Kielce, Olsztyn, Ostrołęka, Białystok, Katowice, Wrocław, Siedlce, Ciechanów, Lisi Ogon and Zabrze
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Postal And Courier Activities
53.10 - Postal activities under universal service obligation

500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
23 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
23 September 2021
Foreseen end date

Description

Poczta Polska, the Polish national postal operator, has announced that it plans to create about 500 new jobs at its sorting offices across Poland. Poczta Polska is looking for sorting staff an drivers for sorting offices located in Szczecin, Koszalin, Niepołomice, Lublin, Łódź, Pruszcz Gdański, Kielce, Olsztyn, Ostrołęka, Białystok, Katowice, Wrocław, Siedlce, Ciechanów, Lisi Ogon and Zabrze. The company will provide special training for new employees.

Currently, Poczta Polska employs about 80,000 people across the country.

Previous restructuring programmes announced in recent years: February 2019 (120 jobs created), June 2019 (190 jobs created),  August 2019 (360 jobs created), January 2020 (700 jobs cut), October 2020 (3,500 jobs cut) January 2021 (2,000 jobs cut), July 2021 (270 new jobs in Warsaw, and 160 in Lublin).


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2021), Poczta Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105334, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105334.