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.
Alior Bank has announced that it is to create 3500 new jobs over the next three years by opening 400 branches across Poland. The new jobs will be mainly for credit counsellors and customer service specialists, including 270 senior managers. Employment at the new branches will commence around the second half of 2008.
Alior Bank is planning to employ 600 people by the end of 2009. At present, the bank employs 1800 workers. The recruitment will take place mainly in Gdańsk, Olsztyn and the region of Dolny Śląsk i Górny Śląsk.
Eurofound (2008), Alior Bank, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66549, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66549.
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