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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.1 - Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals
1,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 March 2022
Employment effect (start)
7 March 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
American multinational IT company Google announced to hire almost 1,500 people in Poland. The announcement followed the preliminary agreement between Google and the real estate operator Ghelmaco for the purchase of the Warsaw HUB office complex for approximately EUR 582.7 million net. Ghelamco claims that the final agreement is expected to be signed by the end of April. In Europe, the Warsaw HUB is one of the most technologically advanced constructions.
Currently, Google employs over 1,000 people in Poland.
Eurofound (2022), Google, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 106510, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106510.
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