The online auction platform, which employs around 1,000 people in Ireland from its Blanchardstown base, is to cut 6pc of staff worldwide
Ebay has informed the government of changes to come at its Irish base in Blanchardstown, which employs around 1,000 people, although it has not yet said it will seek redundancies.
The formal notification comes as the company announced that it would cut 6pc of its global workforce.
“The Minister has received correspondence from eBay in relation to a restructuring process within the company,” said a spokesperson for the Minister for Enterprise.
”A collective redundancy notification has not been received. Any further queries should be directed to the company.”
The Irish Independent has contacted eBay for clarification on its plans here.
Under Irish law, multinational firms that are supported by the state are obliged to notify the government if they intendent to seek redundancies of over 30 people.
“We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect certain roles across our workforce,” an eBay company spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters.
12,300 people are employed by eBay worldwide.
The jobs warning is the third time in 18 months that the tech company has sought to reduce staff numbers. The company shed under 100 people at its Irish operation during those job-cutting rounds.
70pc of the firm’s Irish staff work remotely.
Ebay’s most recent financial results showed a rise in fourth quarter sales to $2.97 billion with a fall in profitability from $679bn to $528bn.
Last week, the company announced its acquisition of the secondhand fashion website platform Depop for $1.2bn.
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