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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer Consultancy Activities
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 July 2023
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
Computacenter, a European company specialising in IT infrastructure services for businesses, has announced the creation of 150 jobs in 2013 at its two service centres in the Occitanie region, in Pérols (Hérault) and Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales). Most of the positions are for helpdesk technicians, providing remote technical and functional support for major groups in the public and private sectors. A few supervisor and contract manager positions are also sought, although the company favours internal career development.
The company has 20,000 employees worldwide including 2,100 in France.
Three reorganisation announcements were already recorded on the ERM Database, with 230 job cuts in 2014 (FR-Computacenter-2014a), 270 job creations the same year (FR-Computacenter-2014b) and 150 job creation in 2019 (FR-Computacenter-2019).
Eurofound (2023), Computacenter, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 109311, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109311.
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