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.
American cloud computing company Salesforce has announced that it will cut 4,000 jobs worldwide in 2025.
In Ireland, about 30 positions are expected to be cut. The layoffs will affect global customer support roles, as the company plans to reduce staff in that area from 9,000 to 5,000, with artificial intelligence increasingly replacing human agents. CEO Marc Benioff described the shift as part of a transformation into an ‘agentic enterprise’, with resources redirected towards sales and growth areas. Salesforce is a market-leading American multinational specialising in cloud computing services and products.
Salesforce employs approximately 76,000 people globally. It is the fourth global restructuring plan announced in the previous years. Earlier in February 2025, Salesforce announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs worldwide Salesforce 2025-WO; 7,900 jobs worldwide were cut in 2023 Salesforce 2023-WO, and another 700 in 2024Salesforce 2024-WO
Eurofound (2025), Salesforce, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 203375, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203375.