Nervous times for Dell’s Irish employees

Jun 1, 2007

Dell’s 4,500 Irish staff face an anxious wait to see how the PC giant’s plans to shed 10 percent of its workforce worldwide will affect them.

Dell announced plans yesterday to cut around 8,800 of its global workforce of 82,800 permanent employees and 5,300 temporary staff over the next 12 months. No decision has been made yet as to the breakdown of the cuts and how many jobs will be lost from its Irish operations. The PC giant employs 3,000 staff in Limerick and 1,500 in Dublin.

In a statement Dell said the cuts would vary “across geographic regions, customer segments, and functions, and will reflect business considerations as well as local legal requirements.”

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