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.
Computacenter, a European company specialising in IT infrastructure services for businesses, has announced the creation of 150 jobs in 2013 at its two service centres in the Occitanie region, in Pérols (Hérault) and Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales). Most of the positions are for helpdesk technicians, providing remote technical and functional support for major groups in the public and private sectors. A few supervisor and contract manager positions are also sought, although the company favours internal career development. The company has 20,000 employees worldwide including 2,100 in France. Three reorganisation announcements were already recorded on the ERM Database, with 230 job cuts in 2014 (FR-Computacenter-2014a), 270 job creations the same year (FR-Computacenter-2014b) and 150 job creation in 2019 (FR-Computacenter-2019).
Eurofound (2023), Computacenter, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 109311, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/109311.
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