The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.02 - Computer consultancy activities
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 August 2019
Employment effect (start)
5 August 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
The IT consultancy and software company Computacenter has announced the recruitment of 150 employees in Perpignan. The English IT service giant has opened a new call centre in this city. Computacenter specifies that workers without experience can apply, and that internal training on the entire technical part is planned, prior to the start of the 12-month fixed-term contract. The proposed salary is €18,500 per year.
Computacenter has 48 sites throughout Europe, the US, Mexico and China. In 2018, the company generated sales of nearly €4.5 billion, up 17% year-on-year, and employs nearly 15,000 people worldwide. Two previous announcements were recorded in the ERM database: a job creation of 270 positions in 2014 and a job reduction of 230 positions in 2014.
Eurofound (2019), Computacenter, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 98342, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98342.
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