Apple employs 3,000 people in Ireland!!!

Snickers Man

At least that's the figure RTE gave in their report on Mr Jobs' demise. (See from about 2:10 onwards.

Is this true? Sounds a lot to me. Did they mean to say 300?

copacetic

It's well known they employ 3000 or so, I'm sure google will confirm..

Sad Professor

It's definitely about 3,000 alright. I remember reading during the summer that they had hired an extra 350.

Red Hand

Huge plant down in Cork. Which is also the European headquarters for their operation.

Patricide

A lot of tech companies chose Ireland to be their European headquarters so its not too surprising.

Snickers Man

I know they have had a plant in Cork for a long time. Not sure if it still makes anything. But still, 3,000 seems like a lot.

K.O.Kiki

Believe it or not, there are more than 300 people in Cork, and they're more than just GAA players

Snickers Man

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Believe it or not, there are more than 300 people in Cork, and they're more than just GAA players

What's a GAA player?

I have a simple question. How many people do Apple employ in Cork? Believe it or not, I know how to do a Google search, and how to look up an SEC return and how to read the Irish Times which says today "Apple is guarded with the media about its operations in Cork and will not even confirm exactly how many people work at the plant.

That's for sure! Yesterday at 6 o'clock RTE said 2,000 people. By 9 it had risen to "more than 3,000".

I just thought perhaps somebody here might know a true figure, probably because they work there, and be able to tell me. And what Apple basically does there now that manufacturing has to all intents and purposes gone.

Is that so bad?

whiterebel

Snickers Man wrote: »

What's a GAA player?

I have a simple question. How many people do Apple employ in Cork? Believe it or not, I know how to do a Google search, and how to look up an SEC return and how to read the Irish Times which says today "Apple is guarded with the media about its operations in Cork and will not even confirm exactly how many people work at the plant.

That's for sure! Yesterday at 6 o'clock RTE said 2,000 people. By 9 it had risen to "more than 3,000".

I just thought perhaps somebody here might know a true figure, probably because they work there, and be able to tell me. And what Apple basically does there now that manufacturing has to all intents and purposes gone.

Is that so bad?

It's not. They assemble MacPros there, and have done iMacs in the recent past.
They also have their accounts, tech support, customer service, logistics and AppleStore sales up there. It's has been hoveringnaround 2-2500 people for the last couple of years, so 3000 wouldn't surprise me. They must be packed in like sardines though.....:eek:

jc84

Do they have any proper apple stores in Ireland?

Sad Professor

jc84 wrote: »

Do they have any proper apple stores in Ireland?

Official Apple Stores, no, not in the Republic. There's one in Belfast though.

jc84

Sad Professor wrote: »

Official Apple Stores, no, not in the Republic. There's one in Belfast though.

That's a bit strange, they're everywhere in London, i know it's a bigger place etc but there's absolutely no reason they couldn't have at least one flagship store in Dublin, they'd clean up, apple stores are brilliant you'd spend hours and hundreds there

cornbb

3k is a realistic figure. They have recently expanded into the city centre too.

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/boost-for-city-as-apple-set-to-create-350-jobs-159522.html

Sad Professor

jc84 wrote: »

That's a bit strange, they're everywhere in London, i know it's a bigger place etc but there's absolutely no reason they couldn't have at least one flagship store in Dublin, they'd clean up, apple stores are brilliant you'd spend hours and hundreds there

I agree. But as I said in the other thread, Apple seem to go country by country and we're a relatively small market. Plus, they are very fussy about their retail stores and take time to find the right location for them. It'll happen eventually.

AlmightyCushion

cornbb wrote: »

3k is a realistic figure. They have recently expanded into the city centre too.

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/boost-for-city-as-apple-set-to-create-350-jobs-159522.html

I remember hearing it was around the 2500 mark about a year or so ago alright. With that expansion, over 3000 sounds possible. Fair play to them, long may it continue.

MACHEAD

UK education sales are handled though the Cork plant as well. When pricing kit we always check with the official Ed. sales team for prices, even though from time to time other resellers can under-cut them price wise.

It's wonderful to observe the merry-go-round that presents itself in all this at times. The order for goods is taken just down the road in Cork, sometimes we'll (in school) get confirmation of the order from Reading in England, and the goods are shipped from Holland!

Snickers Man

whiterebel wrote: »

It's not. They assemble MacPros there, and have done iMacs in the recent past.
They also have their accounts, tech support, customer service, logistics and AppleStore sales up there. It's has been hoveringnaround 2-2500 people for the last couple of years, so 3000 wouldn't surprise me. They must be packed in like sardines though.....:eek:

All I wanted to know.

Thanks. Again.