Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern; Dublin;
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Digital Infrastructure Services
63.1 - Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals

320 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
9 November 2022
Employment effect (start)
9 November 2022
Foreseen end date

Description

Meta, the US-based parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, will cut around 320 jobs at Meta's Irish operation. It is understood the redundancies will impact a number of teams including finance, sales, marketing, analytics, operations and engineering. This cuts will be part of a global restructuring plan which will cut 10,000 jobs from its workforce (Meta-2022-WO).

The company employed around 2,800 people in Ireland prior to the redundancies. Meta will continue to base its international headquarters in Ireland.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2022), Meta , Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 109143, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109143.