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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2016
Foreseen end date
31 July 2016
Description
On behalf of Raynair, the company Groundlink will look for 300 cabin crew members in Portugal, during July. Since 2008, Groundlink has already selected near 8000 Portuguese staff to work for Ryanair.
Trade unions highlights that working conditions are not comparable between different companies and there are cases where the applicant has to pay for the whole process, which can mean several thousand Euro. In total, the candidates have to pay EUR 3,799 without having any assurance of being recruited by Ryanair.
Sources
28 June 2016: Diário de Notícias
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Groundlink, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 88032, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/88032.