Google Expands Google Ireland office
Written by googlecrumbs //
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
Topic: Google Corporate
Google is said to be adding up to 700 jobs in Ireland. That is more than doubling current employment at a Dublin office serving Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
In a move to grow Google internationally, Google is boosting its overall workforce by 14%, quickening the pace of its transformation into a multinational.
The Dublin center is Google’s biggest non-U.S. office. This office includes customer service, advertising sales, finance and other operations. Google announced the office last year, noting at the time that workers there came from 35 nations and spoke 17 languages.
So why Ireland?
Ireland has been drawing thousands of jobs, especially from U.S. pharmaceutical firms, with low corporate tax rates.
By bypassing the traditional route of starting up young tech ventures in the USA where rates are traditionally high, and labour is expensive, more ventures are creating jobs overseas from the start, then moving them offshore, where labor is cheaper and more plentiful.
For more informaiton on Google Ireland:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-12-google-dublin_x.htm
http://www.jobs.ie/Profiles/google/
More information on Google’s Irish tax savings:
Google saves millions in taxes thanks to its Irish operation
