Microsoft confirms job cuts to Ireland Office

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The Register Reports...

Microsoft Ireland on Tuesday confirmed that about 55 staff would be made redundant, as 113 positions move to locations outside Ireland.

The cuts, reported first by ElectricNews.Net on Monday, follow a review of the company's Windows International Team. The restructuring in that business unit will impact 113 Ireland-based workers, the company said. A few staff not losing their jobs will be offered positions at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, while others will be encouraged to apply for various positions in Ireland and abroad. In total about 55 staff members will be made redundant.

"This is more about flexibility than creating efficiency," Joe Macri, general manager for Microsoft in Ireland, told ElectricNews.Net "I want to say that Microsoft is fully committed to Ireland, and this has nothing to do with wage concerns or the cost of doing business here. The company has been here for 17 years and Ireland will increasingly play an important strategic role for the company," Macri stressed.

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