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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2019
Foreseen end date
1 March 2022
Description
The VIPP and Philippe call centre, which works for large groups, opened in January 2019 and plans to recruit 150 employees within three years. VIPP and Philippe have a recruitment policy very open to people with disabilities. In the immediate vicinity of the company, everything is planned to help employees: there are accommodation facilities in the area and a free transport shuttle, not to mention the adapted premises within VIPP and Philippe. The centre belongs to the group Vipp, which employs 1,200 people mainly in Cameroun and Benin.
Eurofound (2019), VIPP et Philippe, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 97312, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97312.
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