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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
17 September 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Microsoft has announced the creation of 150 new jobs at its campus in Dublin, of which 100 will be in engineering and 50 in digital sales and data center operations. A further 50 positions are to be available for the company’s graduate and intern program. With this move, the total number of the IT company's employees in Ireland will increase to 2,200. The One Microsoft Place campus, which will house the new recruits, cost €134 million and opened in early 2018. In 2017, Microsoft announced the recruitment of 200 people (Microsoft Ireland 2017).
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Microsoft, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 95455, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95455.
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