Tech Lay-Offs

Tech giant said it had ‘identified areas of overlap’ and ‘set priorities’

Auction site is latest tech firm to slash headcount this year

Sundar Pichai memo points to ‘tough choices’ ahead as tech giant invests in big priorities

Survey shows 90% of businesses in the IT sector are still having difficulty finding candidates with the skills they need

Any further cuts likely to come from support and HR roles

State inward investment agency says it accounted for 11.3% of national employment this year

Even with expected cuts, companies still struggling to find people with right skills

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One year on from the billionaire’s €43bn takeover, former staff recall the brutal cull at the Irish offices of the tech giant now known as X

Microsoft-owned company has yet to inform the Government of its plans for collective redundancies

Turnover across marketing software firm’s European operations jumped 32% to almost €391.3m last year

CSO figures show the largest annual increase in employee numbers was in the financial, insurance and real estate sector

Tech sector slowdown and remote working will push Dublin’s office vacancy rate to about 15.5% later this year

Party claims without jobs it helped create, there would be ‘no opportunity’ in Ireland for people coming out of college

Fewer than half of businesses are delivering digital projects on budget, says Expleo

Meta-owned firm’s after-tax profit totalled €41.1m last year, up from €1.8m a year earlier

The availability of housing, sustainable energy and water infrastructures, and issues relating to the planning system all need to be addressed if the State is to continue to attract multinational companies to invest here

If the sector treads water for a while, there will be some economic pain, but fears of a collapse are overstated

Fifty per cent reduction in ICT permits issued in first six months of 2023

As firm moves to lay off almost 900 people in Ireland, staff reveal ‘atmosphere of uncertainty’ at professional services giant

Government's risk assessment notes focus of exports on small number of sectors dominated by multinationals leaves State vulnerable

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Company confirms plan for redundancies as it is ‘working through some changes’ to its sales and customer success teams

Meta president for global affairs Nick Clegg raised the issue of staffing at Coimisiún na Meán at least twice with the Taoiseach

Performance on both sides of the Border underpinned by strong employment, says EY Ireland

Sector was ‘bright spot’ over pandemic period but has moved towards underperformance, says department

Software giant says latest redundancies are a local adjustment related to business needs

One in four construction jobs is remaining unfilled due to difficulty in attracting overseas talent because of challenges in securing housing

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Top 1000: `The consistent message that IDA is hearing is that Ireland remains a highly strategic location for our clients and that it will remain so long into the future’

US entrepreneur Bill McDermott on his firm’s Irish expansion and his belief that ‘great global brands have to rise when things are the toughest’

Some 64% of survey respondents monitoring employment market

Taoiseach says State will offer job search and training support to impacted workers ‘if they need it’

Nature of social media giant’s Irish business meant this round of cuts was always likely to be the most painful for Irish workforce

Redundancies will affect about 18% of roles in Ireland at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp

People between ages of 25 and 54 account for two-thirds of all claimants

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Expleo survey highlights wage pressures and impact of skills shortages on operations

Restructuring ‘necessary’ amid ‘changing economic environment’, says software company

But tech leaders plan to ramp up IT staff hiring to executive digital transformation, says EY