TikTok could be set to cut around 300 jobs in Dublin as a wave of AI-led tech layoffs in Ireland continues.
The company could cut jobs from its Irish operation as they look set to apply automated technology to replace some trust and safety jobs in the company.
The company currently employs more than 2,000 people in Ireland.
The social media platform has said that they want to create new specialist trust and safety job roles in Dublin, with aims of turning its facility here into a specialised capability hub that focuses on "complex, high-impact work."
They include that the layoffs in Dublin are part of a wider reorganisation that has impacted some other markets, according to reports in the Irish Independent and RTE.
A spokesperson for TikTok said: "We are exploring a reorganisation to strengthen our global operating model for Trust and Safety, including proposals to evolve the way we work to ensure teams remain scalable and agile, the creation of hundreds of new specialist roles here in Dublin and redeployment opportunities, and advancing platform safety through the latest technological innovations."
They stated that they cannot give an exact number of how many jobs will be cut as a result of their recent developments,. However, they defend this decision by saying that it will allow them to "transition internal resources away from legacy frontline tasks and toward higher-skilled, judgment-based, and specialised positions."
Speaking on the potential job losses at TikTok's Irish operation, Michael Lohan, the IDA Ireland chief executive, said that his organisation will work with those affected and they will "make sure to work with those clients."
"We’ve been through this in Ireland through global restructuring on the technology side, particularly post Covid after the significant increase," the IDA chief said.
"We see a lot of transition happening across the broad spectre of the industrial base but it's probably being led out by technology in terms of AI and innovation. From an IDA perspective we continue to focus on where we can continue to bring value, how we help companies to pivot, and what the new opportunities are. Because ultimately companies and sectors go through evolution and change and in Ireland I think we've been very successful in navigating those changes and that’s what we continue to focus on," he continued.
Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers told RTE, that the job losses in the tech industry are concerning. "It does show the uncertainty that our economy is facing in context of the disruptive effect of AI within the labour market in particular. And whilst we're at full employment, and we've continued strong employment levels in the years to come, we need to be very careful of exposing ourselves to further expenditure lines and to protect our revenue base. That's why I'm conscious of the risks that our country faces in the decisions and demands that we get everyday for more and why we have to be very careful in how we decide and frame Budget 2027," he said.
