Microsoft is slashing 120 jobs in Ireland as part of massive cuts.
The computing giant, whose EMEA hub is based in Leopardstown, currently employs over 3,500 people in the country. Staff were informed of the decision this morning.
The tech firm had previously announced it was going to slash 11,000 of its 221,000 full-time jobs across the world. The software and PC giant laid off a small number of employees in July last year.
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Later, the company cut 1,000 jobs, Axios reported in October last year. The news comes as another blow to the tech industry in Ireland after a number of big-name companies like Meta, Twitter, Amazon, Google, and more have let go of staff in the last few months.
Microsoft is working to maintain growth rates at its cloud unit Azure after sales plummeted for Windows and Microsoft devices. Last week, Salesforce announced it will be laying off 200 employees as part of major job cuts.
The tech giant announced last month that it was slashing nearly 8,000 jobs or around 10% of its workforce and closing a number of officers worldwide. The majority of layoffs, which will take place in the coming weeks, will cost between $1.4 billion and $2.1 billion.
Additionally, a separate software company, HubSpot, which has an office in Dublin, announced it will be slashing 500 jobs worldwide.
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