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Information / Computing 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
1,600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 April 2014
Employment effect (start)
3 April 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
American IT company IBM announced plans to create 1,600 jobs at its Global Services Delivery Centre in Katowice.
The centre, which provides IT services mainly for European customers, was opened in August 2013. According to the sources, 400 people are already employed at the centre and 2,000 people in total are expected to be employed by the end of the recruitment drive.
For the most recent restructuring event see IBM-PL2013
Sources
3 April 2014: Dziennik Zachodni
Citation
Eurofound (2014), IBM, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 76854, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76854.