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Salesforce to cut staff by 10%, close some offices (RTE.ie)

US tech firm Salesforce said today it would lay off about 10% of its employees and close some offices as a part of its restructuring plan, becoming the ...

The company said affected employees in the US will receive a minimum of about five months pay, health insurance and other benefits while those outside the country will receive a "similar level of support". "The environment remains challenging and our customers are taking a more measured approach to their purchasing decisions," co-chief executive Marc Benioff said in a letter to employees. The company expects the move to lead to about $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion in charges, of which about $800m to $1 billion will be recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.

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SA: Salesforce to cut workforce by around 10% - The Loadstar (theloadstar.com)

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Salesforce to cut 10pc of workforce (Independent.ie)

Salesforce, which employs 2,100 people in Ireland, has announced that it will cut 10pc of its workforce. Under a new restructuring plan, the company added ...

The firm’s plans were published in a US regulatory filing. He added that “our local processes will align with employment laws in each country”. The software firm, which employs 2,100 people in Dublin, has not yet clarified its plans for its Irish workforce.

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Salesforce to cut staff by 10% in latest tech sector layoffs (BreakingNews.ie)

The company expects the move to lead to about $1.4 billion (€1.3 billion) to $2.1 billion in charges, of which about $800 million to $1 billion will be recorded ...

Salesforce growth has slowed during the past four quarters, with the company posting its weakest revenue increase for the three months ended October 31st, as a strong dollar also eats into its sales. The company said affected employees in the United States will receive a minimum of about five months pay, health insurance and other benefits while those outside the country will receive a "similar level of support". The company expects the move to lead to about $1.4 billion (€1.3 billion) to $2.1 billion in charges, of which about $800 million to $1 billion will be recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.

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Salesforce to cut staff by 10% and close some offices (The Irish Times)

New European headquarters for software group currently being build by Johnny Ronan at Spencer Place overlooking river Liffey.

Salesforce has signed a 15-year lease for a new European headquarters overlooking the river Liffey at Spencer Place in Dublin. By Wednesday evening there were a number of posts on social media in the United States from staff who had been informed they had lost their jobs. In response to inquiries from The Irish Times, the company referred only to the regulatory filing and a spokesperson for the department simply outlined the legal requirements in this jurisdiction, “that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister of the proposed collective redundancy” and confirmed that this had not happened at this point.

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Salesforce to cut staff by 10% in latest tech layoffs (Reuters)

Salesforce Inc said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10% of its employees and close some offices, becoming the latest tech firm to undertake cost cuts ...

[filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000110852422000060/crm-20221031.htm) that it increased headcount "to meet the higher demand for services". [letter to employees](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000110852423000003/ex991-lettertoemployees.htm). [(MSFT.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/MSFT.O). [(META.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/META.O) to Amazon.com Inc [(AMZN.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/AMZN.O) have slashed thousands of jobs in the past year, in preparation for a recession, expected as a result of aggressive interest rate hikes by global central banks to curb inflation. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story [(CRM.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/CRM.N) said it plans to cut jobs by 10% and close some offices, after rapid pandemic hiring left it with a bloated workforce amid an economic slowdown.

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Salesforce cuts 10% of staff as demand slows (Financial Times)

Salesforce has announced plans to lay off about 10 per cent of its workforce, becoming the latest tech group to cut costs as businesses tighten their belts ...

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Salesforce to cut staff by 10% in latest tech layoffs (CNBC)

Salesforce said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10% of its employees and close some offices as a part of its restructuring plan.

31, as a strong dollar also eats into its sales. The company expects the move to lead to about $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion in charges, of which about $800 million to $1 billion will be recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. - The company expects the move to lead to about $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion in charges, of which about $800 million to $1 billion will be recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.

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Salesforce details "generous" severance package as 10% of ... (Business Plus)

Salesforce, which employs more than 2000 people in Ireland, has informed staff it will layoff around 10% of its workforce and close some offices.

Twitter also cut half its workforce following its takeover by Elon Musk. "Of the aggregate amount of charges that the company estimates it will incur in connection with the plan, the company expects that approximately $1.2bn to $1.7bn will be in future cash expenditures," Salesforce added. Salesforce expects that it will incur charges of $1.4bn to $2.1bn in connection with the restructuring plan, of which $800m to $1bn will be incurred in the fourth quarter of its 2023 financial year.

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Salesforce to cut 10pc of its staff numbers worldwide (Siliconrepublic.com)

Salesforce employs around 2000 people in Ireland and last year it underwent several leadership changes both in Ireland and internationally.

It said it was laying off around 1,000 staff globally amid plans to position the company for future growth. It will also close some of its offices around the world as part of its cutback plans. [Stripe](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/stripe-jobs-cut-layoffs-patrick-collison), [Intercom](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/intercom-job-cuts-ireland-global), [Meta](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/meta-job-cuts-ireland-workers-affected), [Shopify](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/shopify-layoffs), [Snap](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/ronan-harris-appointment-snap-emea-president-google-ireland-uk), [Patreon](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/patreon-dublin-engineers-office-shutting-lay-offs), [Twilio](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/twilio-lay-offs-jobs-dublin-ireland) and [Amazon](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/amazon-mass-layoffs-2023-ceo). [cut a lot of its staff in 2020](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/salesforce-role-cuts-q2-performance) despite enjoying very strong earnings in the second quarter of that year. [Bret Taylor announcing](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/bret-taylor-salesforce-ceo-chair) that he would be stepping down from the company as of 31 January 2023. [reported](https://www.reuters.com/technology/salesforce-cut-staff-by-10-close-some-offices-2023-01-04/) today (4 January) that the US tech company is going to lay off around 10pc of its total global workforce.

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Salesforce to cut global workforce by 10% (Irish Examiner)

Cloud computing giant joins growing list of tech companies announcing layoffs.

There have been a number [of announcements] in the past couple of months." A spokesperson for the new Minister Simon Coveney told the Irish Examiner they had not received any collective redundancy notification in relation to potential redundancies at Salesforce. The company is also creating a 430,000sq ft campus in Dublin’s Silicon Docks, being built by developer Johnny Ronan.

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