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TIKTOK IS SET to make a number of layoffs at its Irish operations amid a global round of job losses.
In a statement to The Journal, a TikTok spokesperson said that as the company “continues to grow and evolve,” it is “undertaking a redesign of our monetisation integrity team”.
This team is tasked with ensuring advertising quality on TikTok.
The spokesperson said this will “enable us to further enhance our integrity assurance processes”.
“Regrettably, some roles may be redundant, and our priority is supporting affected employees through this transition to minimise the impact of the changes,” added the spokesperson.
The TikTok spokesperson would not put a figure on the potential job losses.
Despite the looming layoffs, TikTok is still hiring for around 130 roles in Dublin.
These 250 job cuts made in April were announced in February, when TikTok said it expected the majority of impacted employees to remain in the company.
However, The Journal spoke to several impacted employees who had applied for other roles without success.
In one case, an employee made redundant in the April layoffs had applied for close to 20 other positions within the company.
Staff had also sat a test which was initially due to be used as a means for TikTok to assess “policy proficiency”.
It later transpired that the test formed part of the criteria used to determine redundancies.
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Is there any reason a person can get fired with the wrc awarding them money? It’s getting a bit out of hand
@niamh ryan: sorry ment to be without awarding them money
@niamh ryan: read the article again, the employer messed up considerably
@iohanx: I did read the article fully, the employee only worked 2 days a week and still was liable to be late/leave early/not turn up at all. Just because the employer didn’t write his warnings down you think he should be awarded 11k? I doubt anyone actually gets these pay outs as the wrc has no legal standing but still
@iohanx: I don’t know if messed up is the word I’d use but they clearly didn’t follow all the processes that they are supposed to. Maybe they didn’t have a Legal and a HR department to advise them because they are just a small time garage. Many smaller operators find it impossible to stay on the right side of employment law.
@lochinvar56: And what if the employer in this instance is telling the truth, stand up in the WRC and praise the employees ability and say his job is still open. Was he not treating him right? Typical comment from the we are entitled to everything brigade
@lochinvar56: haha did you like that comment yourself!? No interest in your “employment” status ok lochy, I’m sure your one of the better “employers”
Very strange that,being such an experienced and skilled mechanic, he didn’t look for or find another position with better pay.
@DrDucati: Now running his own business.
@Jane Alford: only able to earn 140 per week?
My goodness what mechanic earns only €140 a week,
@hugh sure: does the article not say “€240 for 24hrs per week”
@hugh sure: ah seen the part you’re talking about “working for himself earning average of €140 per week”.
Why the anonymity? If this was Dunnes or Tesco, their name would have been headline!
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