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Information / Communication Information Communication Services Telecommunications 61.10 - Wired telecommunications activities
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
The telecommunication company Orange announced that it will recruit 120 to 150 employees on permanent employment contract in the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (resulting of the merger of Aquitaine, Midi-Limousin, Pays-de-la-Loire) where it already employs 6,300 people. Orange will also recruit 300 people on work study contract (contrat en alternance). In 2016, Orange has recruited 168 employees on permanent employment contract in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (46% had less then 25 years old) and 308 people on work study contract. Orange employs 96,000 people in France. In 2012, Orange announced a large restructuring with 5,000 job cuts in France.
Sources
25 January 2017: Sud Ouest
24 January 2017: La Tribune / Objectif Aquitaine
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Orange, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 89959, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89959.
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