Up to 300 Irish jobs expected to be lost at TikTok

Minister confirms plans for social media giant to restructure its operation

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Minister for Enterprise Tourism & Employment Peter Burke today confirmed that video sharing platform TikTok would be reducing its Irish headcount as part of a company-wide restructuring.

The as-yet-unconfirmed number of redundancies are expected to take effect in April this year. TikTok – which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance – employs 3,000 people in Dublin and it is estimated 300 redundancies will be involved.

In a statement Minister Peter Burke said: “On 4 March 2025, my Department received a Notification of Collective Redundancies from TikTok (Bytedance) following a February announcement by the company that it would be undergoing global restructuring. Affected employees were informed of the decision and a consultation period is now underway. I understand that the proposed redundancies will take effect in April this year, once the statutory consultation process has concluded. The numbers involved are a matter for the company to disclose.”

At time of writing TikTok had not commented officially.

The Minister’s statement continued: “TikTok is a significant employer in Ireland and as part of the proposed restructuring, Government understands that there may be a number of open roles available to employees who are at risk of being made redundant. TikTok has been fully briefed on the IDA’s suite of transformation and training supports available.

“Equally, the enterprise agencies under my Department will assist in helping those impacted to find alternative employment. This includes sharing the skills profiles of impacted employees to companies who may be hiring, be that with multinationals in IDA’s client base or indigenous companies through Enterprise Ireland.”

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