Job losses mean Irish workforce among hardest hit in global redundancy programme but group says its ‘firmly committed’ to operation
The 1,290 cumulative job losses at Accenture bring to just under 2,300 the known redundancies in the Irish tech sector over the past eight months. Other large employers have not as yet disclosed the impact on their Irish workforces of significant global redundancies announced.
“In March, we initiated a series of actions to streamline our operations, including the departure of around 2.5 per cent of our current global workforce,” an Accenture spokesperson said. “We continue to focus on ensuring we have the right talent to serve our clients and run our business today and tomorrow.”
“Our business in Ireland continues to show strong performance and we remain focused on our strategy to be at the centre of our clients’ business and help them reinvent themselves to reach new levels of performance. We continue to focus on ensuring we have the right talent to serve our clients, to invest in our people and recruit in critical skills areas,” Accenture said.
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