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.
Microsoft plans to create 600 jobs in Dublin, with the majority of these new roles being in the company's sales operation. The technology company's EMEA 'Inside Sales Centre' will house 500 of the new jobs, which are expected to be filled in six months time. A further 100 jobs in finance, operations and engineering are to be created across Microsoft Ireland's operations as well.
Microsoft established its base in Ireland in 1985 and its workforce has grown to 1,200 since then. The company has four units in Ireland: the EMEA Operations Centre; the European Development Centre; the Irish sales and marketing subsidiary; and the EMEA Data Centre.
Eurofound (2017), Microsoft, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 90265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90265.