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

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
14 March 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016

Description

Facebook is hiring 200 new recruits by the end of 2016.

The roles are in sales, engineering, and online operations

Facebook established its presence in Dublin in 2008. 

It has expanded its offices in Dublin which is to facilitate the growth in its staff to an expected 2,000


Sources

  • 14 March 2016: RTE
  • 14 March 2016: The Irish Times
  • 14 March 2016: Silicon Republic.com

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Facebook, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 86725, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86725.