Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern;
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin, Meath and Cork
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
21 January 2019
Employment effect (start)
21 January 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019

Description

Facebook plans to hire 1,000 people in Ireland in 2019. The jobs are in engineering, safety, legal, policy, marketing and sales. 

The recruitment will bring Facebook's employment level in Ireland to 5,000. The company is currently renovating its new campus in Ballsbridge, Dublin. When renovation works are complete, the campus will have capacity for 7,000 employees. The existing 2,000 strong workforce of Facebook in Dublin are planned to move to the new bigger premises by 2022 - as well as new recruits.  


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Facebook, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 96515, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96515.