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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
260 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
10 September 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish chain of consumer electronics retail stores RTV Euro AGD announced that it is to create 260 jobs in the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The company is to employ 140 people at its newly opened contact centre in Lublin and 120 people in ten stores in the region.
The contact center will employ consultants who will support customers via phone, e-mail or video-chat.
RTV Euro AGD was founded in 1990. Currently, the chain employs over 4,500 people in 215 stores in 126 cities across Poland.
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Sources
12 September 2014: Call Center News
11 September 2014: Puls Biznesu
10 September 2014: Property News
Citation
Eurofound (2014), RTV Euro AGD, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 77551, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77551.
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