Over 40% of CEE BPO workers are hired in Poland - report

There are 335,000 specialists employed in a thousand foreign capital business service centers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), according to "Business Services in Central & Eastern Europe 2015" report, compiled by ABSL. Polish workers account for some 42 percent of the total number. Poland, with 150,000 employees, occupies top position, followed by Romania with some 51,000 and Hungary with a workforce of45,000. The business services sector in the CEE region is developing at twice the rate of the corresponding sector in India. Forecasts for the upcoming decade are more than promising. According to McKinsey & Company, the business services sector in the CEE region may well employ from 850,000 up to one million specialists. As much as 86 percent of BPO investors in the region expect to increase employment by the end of the next year. The full version of the report is available here.