Around 50 workers at the offices of technology company Dell EMC in Cork are to lose their jobs.
The compulsory redundancies follow the record breaking merger of Dell and EMC, which was finalised last month.
"While job reductions are never our first alternative and we strive to minimise them, in a merger of this size they are necessary given some overlap in functions,” the company said in a statement.
“We will do everything possible to minimise any impact on jobs.”
It’s understood that those set to lose their jobs work in a variety of functions at the Dell EMC office near Ovens outside the city.
In total the Dell Technologies group, which includes Dell, DellEMC, Pivotal, VMWare, RSA, Virtustream and SecureWorks, employs 5,500 people across the country, at locations in Dublin, Cork and Limerick.
Despite the cuts, details of which are being communicated to impacted staff this week, the company remains optimistic about its future in Ireland.
“We expect revenue gains will far outweigh any cost savings, and revenue growth drives employment growth,” the company said.
“Ireland is and remains an important base for Dell Technologies. We are proud of the team we have built in Ireland, and look forward to it continuing its work to drive our global business forward".
It’s understood that within the global Dell Technologies family of businesses, Ireland is highly regarded.
In May, Dell founder Michael Dell and EMC chief executive David Goulden visited the Cork office of where over 2,000 people are employed, to speak to staff about the merger.
The deal was the largest merger in history between two pure-technology companies.
