HR and payroll processing company Workday is to cut 142 jobs at its Irish operation.
It follows an announcement by the firm earlier this month that it would reduce its headcount globally by 1,750 positions, or 8.5%.
Workday’s European headquarters are in Dublin and the company employs around 2,000 people in Ireland.
In a response to a parliamentary question from Fine Gael TD Barry Ward, Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke said that last week, his department received a collective redundancy notification indicating that 142 staff are to be made redundant by the company as part of its global downsizing.
“My foremost concern is with those employees and their families who will now be directly impacted,” Mr Burke said.
“Government will be on hand to provide supports to those who need it,” he added.
In a statement at the time of the global job cut announcement, Workday said it remained committed to Dublin and that it will continue to invest in local innovation efforts.
“We are close to announcing a new location in Dublin city centre that will bring all our employees together in one building, enabling greater collaboration and creativity,” a spokesperson said.
In an email to staff earlier this month, Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach said the company needed to make changes to better align resources with customers’ evolving needs.
He said that while some positions are being eliminated, the company will continue to hire in key strategic areas and locations and will also prioritise innovation investments such as AI and platform development.
