TikTok goes on a hiring spree in Ireland
Chinese-owned video app expands rapidly in Ireland, which hosts the European headquarters of several tech giants attracted to its low corporation tax offering
11 November 2020 - 17:35
Dublin — TikTok will increase its number of employees in Ireland to 1,100 by early 2021 from just 20 in January, the Chinese-owned video app said on Wednesday, a pace of expansion Ireland's foreign investment agency said was one of the fastest on record.
TikTok said its senior executive team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa is now based in Dublin, overseeing privacy and data protection for Europe. The 900 people now employed in Ireland represent almost half of TikTok's 2,000 European staff...
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