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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
19 May 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
On 19 May 2017, French multinational IT company Atos has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its newly opened IT centre in Opole by the end of 2017. The unit will provide IT services such as Java, Microsoft, SAP, Testing, Business Intelligence and Project Management to other companies .
Atos is a multinational IT company, which operates in 72 countries and employs over 100,000 people. In Poland, Atos has been operating since 2000. The company has branches in eight Polish cities (Warszawa, Wrocław, Łódź, Toruń, Kraków, Rzeszów, Opole and Gdańsk) at which it employs about 5,000 people.
Sources
20 May 2017: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Atos, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91103, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91103.
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