Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
île de France; Paris;
Location of affected unit(s)
Paris
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Digital Infrastructure Services
63.12 - Web portals

300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
11 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
16 October 2017
Foreseen end date
1 January 2018

Description

The CEO of the French subsidiary of the Internet group Google has announced the recruitment of 300 new employees, mainly engineers, by the end of 2017. The company will increase its workforce from 700 to 1,000 employees and double the size of its office in Paris. Two recruitment announcement were recorded in 2012 (150 job creations) and 2011 (150 job creations). The CEO explains that numerous French companies have now a digitalisation strategy, which represent an opportunity to market increase for Google.


Sources

  • 11 October 2017: Challenges
  • 11 October 2017: Les Echos

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Google France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 92253, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92253.