Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
French information technology and business consultancy company Capgemini has announced it will create 300 new jobs at its unit in Lublin in the next two years. It will hire in total 100 positions in the next few months and arrive to 400 employees on the site within the next two years. Capgemini is looking candidates for its Cloud Infrastructure Services division, both experienced specialists and graduates. Different work schedules will be available for the new comers and both work in the office and remote format. The source also report that the company is to increase its office space to 2,600 square meters. The unit in Lublin provides IT services in 8 languages, including English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
Capgemini operates in about 50 countries and employs over 270,000 people worldwide. The company has been operating in Poland since 1996 and has seven offices across the country (Wrocław, Kraków, Katowice, Warszawa, Poznań, Lublin and Opole) employing about 10,000 people.
Previous business expansions took place in January 2019 (100 jobs created), May 2019 (200 jobs created), February 2020 (200 jobs created), May 2020 (200 jobs created), February 2021 (200 jobs created in Katowice), February 2021 (300 jobs created in Poznań and Wrocław), March 2021 (200 jobs created in Kraków), July 2021 (150 jobs created in Kraków and Katowice) and July 2021 (100 jobs created in Warsaw).
Eurofound (2021), Capgemini, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105646, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/105646.
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