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.
US-based IT software research and development company GlobalLogic, a subsidiary of Hitachi group, has announced that it will create 500 new jobs at its office in Wrocław in the next two years. New positions will be for specialists from the IT sector. In early January 2022, the company moved into a new office space in the city of Wrocław.
GlobalLogic, headquartered in California, employs over 20,000 people worldwide. The company has centres in 14 countries globally. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2015 and has its unit in the city of Wrocław, where over 500 employees are employed.
Previous business expansions for Poland were announced in March 2021 (200 jobs created) and October 2021 (100 jobs created).
Eurofound (2022), GlobalLogic, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 106270, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106270.
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