Irish jobs at risk as Microsoft plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide

Microsoft's move could indicate that the tech sector may continue to shed jobs, 3,500 of which are in Ireland. 

Inside the Microsoft EMEA Operations Centre, Dublin, where the Global MBS Operations (Microsoft Business Solutions).

Microsoft said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce this year, taking steps to cope with an increasingly bleak outlook that has now bruised many of the technology industry’s biggest companies.

The layoffs come as the software giant said it’s seeing customers exercise caution, with some parts of the world in recession and others heading toward one. Microsoft has significant operations in Ireland, employing 3,500 people here but the impact on staff here is not yet known.