TikTok is considering cutting about 300 jobs at its European hub in Dublin, according to an email to staff seen by Bloomberg. For the people affected, that number is not abstract.
The proposed redundancies would fall on roughly a tenth of the company’s local workforce of around 3,000, and they follow a similarly sized round of cuts last year.
Dublin has long been the anchor of TikTok’s European operations, home to content moderation, trust and safety, and much of its regulatory work for the continent.
The video app, owned by China’s ByteDance, told staff on Wednesday it may restructure its AI data service and operations team in Ireland. It also plans to consolidate quality assurance work into other regional hubs, per Bloomberg.
The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!Roles judged to sit better elsewhere would move out of the city. The company says it intends to create new positions at the same time, though it has not spelled out how many or in which teams. That leaves the net effect on Dublin’s tech headcount unclear.
