French IT group increases Romanian team by 500 people

French group Atos, a provider of IT solutions, will increase its local team by 500 people this year. It will thus reach over 2,000 employees in Romania. The company has four centers in Timisoara, Bucharest, Brasov, and Iasi. It hired 500 people last year and 660 in 2014, said Catalina Dodu, country manager of Atos Romania, cited by local Ziarul Financiar. Atos Romania is the group’s second largest subsidiary in Europe, after Poland, where the group has over 4,000 employees. In Romania, the center in Timisoara is currently the largest one based on the number of employees, namely over 1,200. In 2014, Atos Romania had a turnover of EUR 36.4 million, up by 50% compared to the previous year. editor@romania-insider.com