Google to cut 240 jobs in Ireland - report
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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is said to be eliminating 240 Irish jobs as part of a larger cutback that has seen its parent company Alphabet trim 12,000 jobs globally.
The tech giant employs 5,500 people directly in the Irish Republic, with an additional 4,000 contract and temporary workers.

It has made a series of cost-cutting moves past few months, such as cancelling the next generation of its Pixelbook laptop and permanently shutting cloud gaming service Stadia.
In late January, parent firm Alphabet announced it plans to eliminate roughly 12,000 jobs. CEO Sundar Pichai had stated at the time that, "These are important moments to sharpen our focus, reengineer our cost base, and direct our talent and capital to our highest priorities."
The affected Irish employees will be notified from Thursday, The Irish Times reported, with cuts spanning across sales, tech & engineering and support functions.
Stock was marginally down in Wednesday's premarket session, but has lost ~29% in the past year.