Meta confirms global layoffs, raising fears for Irish jobs
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is preparing to shed 10% of its global workforce — a move that would amount to about 8,000 jobs.
It remains unclear how the planned cuts will affect the company’s Irish business, where roughly 1,800 people are employed.
A spokesperson for Meta Ireland declined to discuss the specifics of the redundancies, but confirmed the details of a Bloomberg report that first revealed the worldwide layoffs.
The reductions were set out in a memo to employees, which also said Meta will leave thousands…