Social media giant TikTok is set to cut their recruitment staff in their Dublin office in the latest blow to a tech sector that has seen massive layoffs.
The social network, which is based in China, confirmed that they’ve already begun cutting their global recruitment team — the latest tech company to do so.
Some of the now former staff have confirmed that they have been let go from the giant, with one saying that it’s a part of company wide layoffs.
A spokesperson for TikTok told Extra.ie: ‘While we continue to hire as a business globally, we are streamlining our talent acquisition function and as a result, parting ways with a small number of colleagues. Impacted employees have been encouraged to apply for open roles within the company, with some already being offered new internal opportunities. We greatly appreciate these colleagues’ contributions and are working closely with those impacted to support them through this time of change.’
The Sunday Business Post has reported that the US layoffs have already been announced, with jobs in Europe, which include the Dublin offices, and Asia expected to be cut in the coming weeks following a consultation process with staff impacted by the cuts.
TikTok is the latest tech company to announce layoffs — with Twitter, Facebook and Google all announcing mass worldwide layoffs within the past three months.
Google’s parent company Alphabet announced that they were to ax 12,000 jobs worldwide, reducing their workforce by 6% following changing behaviors following the pandemic. They are yet to confirm just how many Irish jobs will be affected by the layoffs.
The company employs 5,000 people in Ireland which has been rocked by a number of job losses in the tech sector after Twitter, Stripe and Microsoft all recently announced job losses.
Similarly, Amazon announced 18,000 job losses, while earlier this month cloud-based software company Salesforce announced it will layoff 10 percent of its employees — about 8,000 workers.