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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
21 March 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
The Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell, commonly known as Shell, has announced that it will create 400 new positions at its Shell Business Operations in Kraków in the Kraków Special Economic Zone by the end of 2019. The company has just launched its fifth office in the city. The centre has been operating in Kraków since 2006. The general director commented that they want to maintain economic growth at a similar pace. Currently, the centre employs about 3,600 people responsible for conducting and supporting Shell’s global business operations in the areas of finance, accounting, purchasing, customer service, human resources and others.
Eurofound (2019), Shell Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97576, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97576.
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