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.
Amazon, the e-commerce company, will open a new logistics centre in Gorzyczki, where it will employ approximately 1,000 people. The logistics centre in Gorzyczki is Amazon's second investment in the Silesian Voivodeship (there are already facilities in Sosnowiec and Gliwice); ultimately, the centre is to contribute to the development of local investments and the expansion of logistics infrastructure. The logistics centre is due to open in the second half of 2024, but recruitment is already underway, with entry level employees, managers and specialists in operations management, engineering and maintenance, HR, IT and OSH specialists being recruited.
Amazon is the world’s largest e-commerce company, currently employing about 70 000 employees in 10 logistic centres in Poland, where it operates since 2014.
Previous recent business expansions of Amazon in Poland were announced in January 2022, with 200 new jobs (Amazon-2022-PL, May 2021, with 650 jobs created (Amazon-2021a-PL, January 2021, with 1,000 new jobs (Amazon-2021b-PL.
Eurofound (2024), Amazon, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 200828, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/200828.
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