Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Technology multinational Microsoft is to create 500 new jobs in Ireland over the next four years.
The company announced that 120 of the jobs will be recruited immediately and the other roles will be filled in the following three years.
The new jobs will include software engineering, applied sciences, security research, product management, programme management, data science, design, technical writing and analytics while up to 20% will be set aside for graduate positions.
Microsoft currently employs approximately 3,500 people in Ireland.
In 2023, Microsoft announced a restructuring plan to cut 180 jobs in Ireland. This event has been recorded in the ERM Microsoft 2023 - IE.
Eurofound (2024), Microsoft, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201897, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201897.