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.
The company Webhelp has opened a new location in Delfste Poort (Rotterdam), near the central train station, thereby creating 210 new jobs. In 2019, this number is expected to double. Webhelp Netherlands has locations in the cities of Enschede, Ede, Zoetermeer, Tilburg, Hilversum and Paramaribo. The company is responsible for desiging and addressing customer feedback, experiences and complaints.
Webhelp has about 3500 employees in the Netherlands and about 40,000 employees globally. The new location in Rotterdam was chose due to a good supply of potential employees, the diversity of the city and its people, and the high growth and dynamism of the area. It is not clear when exactly this new branch started, but it was formally openend on June 29th 2018 by the Mayor of Rotterdam.
Eurofound (2018), Webhelp, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 94704, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/94704.
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