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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.22 - Business And Other Management Consultancy Activities
192 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 February 2024
Employment effect (start)
19 February 2024
Foreseen end date
30 April 2024
Description
Infosys, an IT company, has announced intentions to implement group redundancies at its branch in Poznań, resulting in the termination of 192 positions.
The company has not communicated the reasons for the redundancies. The entire Poznań branch of the company is to be closed. The intention to make redundancies was notified to the Poviat Employment Office; the redundancy process is expected to continue until the end of April; employees were notified of the redundancies on 19 February.
The company provides outsourcing, consulting, IT and technology services. In Poland, the company has other branches in Łódź and Kraków, among others.
Previous recent employment-effecting event of Infosys in Poland was announced in October 2017, with 400 new jobs Infosys-2017-PL
Eurofound (2024), Infosys, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 200856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200856.
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