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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 October 2012
Employment effect (start)
15 October 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On 15 October 2012, the telemarketing company Transcom WorldWide Poland announced plans to create a further 150 jobs in the call centre in Gdańsk. The company is looking to recruit multilingual personnel in order to move in transnational markets.
Transcom WorldWide was established in 1995 in Sweden. The company employs over 24,000 people in 75 contact centers worldwide. Transcom WorldWide has been operating in Poland since 2003 and it employs over 900 people in three branches located in Gdańsk, Wrocław and Olsztyn.
Sources
15 October 2012: Dziennik Bałtycki ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Transcom WorldWide Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 74555, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74555.
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