Xerox

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland; Eastern and Midland; Dublin
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
India, Bulgaria
900 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
31 July 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008

Description

Office machinery and printing manufacturer Xerox has announced that up to 900 jobs will be lost at its Dublin site over the next eighteen months following an outsourcing deal with computer firm IBM. The job losses will be mainly comprised of call centre workers. Xerox had already announced in July that 900 of its staff were being transferred to IBM. IBM is already planning to outsource jobs to various lower cost economies such as India and Bulgaria. The staff concerned face redundancy or redeployment abroad. Redundancies will occur in two lots of 450 people over an 18 month period.

Sources

  • 2 August 2007: The Irish Independent

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Xerox, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Ireland, factsheet number 65663, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65663.