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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
RWE, a gas and electricity supplier, is to create 100 new positions in the Moravian-Silesian region during 2016 as part of a strategy to further improve customer services. The company is looking primarily for operators who will be working in two call centres in Ostrava and Opava.
RWE Customer Services currently employs a total of 780 people, of which 500 are employed in the Ostrava region.
The employer offers its employees a rich professional development and further career growth. It provides them with various benefits, such as financial and non-financial benefits, work from home, part-time or extra week of vacation.
Sources
10 February 2016: Čianews
Citation
Eurofound (2016), RWE, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 86477, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86477.
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