Typical redundancy package for a tech company in Dublin ?

TheRealProfessor · 18-01-2026 04:36PM #1

Hi,
What kind of redundancy package would you expect from a tech (chip design) company in Dublin that is letting 20% of their staff go ?
Any recent examples ?
Would they just give statutory, or would that generally be only when the company is going out of business and unheard of for a company that is continuing to trade ?

Thanks,

LambshankRedemption · 18-01-2026 04:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058431343/typical-redundancy-package-for-a-tech-company-in-dublin

I'd be surprised if you got more than 3 months salary.

Look at your contract, it probably states it there.

Fann Linn · 18-01-2026 04:43PM

Depends on who is representing you, ie, Trade Union or on the other hand, how badly they want to clear the decks.

CramCycle · 18-01-2026 04:45PM

Is it voluntary? If so it should be a good bit more than statutory. They will probably announce it if so and give people a timeline to volunteer.

Other than that you haven't given enough info, if it's a our back are to the wall and you won't be replaced, then if will likely be based on a recommendation above statutory, less than they can afford but enough to stop you going down a legal route if still trading.

timmyntc · 18-01-2026 07:40PM

All depends on how big the company is also, like ireland only or a large MNC. Different rates generally for each

Soc_Alt · 18-01-2026 07:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058431343/typical-redundancy-package-for-a-tech-company-in-dublin

2 weeks pay for every year worked i would guess.

black & white · 18-01-2026 09:52PM

No idea about Dublin specifically but Mid West is 4-6 weeks. Statutory can be included or not, depending on who the company are, financial circumstances and other variables. I know 2 people that got laid off from different tech/It companies in 24 and they got in that range.

TheRealProfessor · 18-01-2026 11:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124159299#Comment_124159299

Nope, nothing in the contract, and indeed I've never seen a contract that did include redundancy details.
Also packages are invariably X weeks of salary per year's service, not a one-size fits all like '3 months'.

TheRealProfessor · 18-01-2026 11:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124159314#Comment_124159314

Its redundancy, not firing people for cause, so of course they won't be replaced. To do so would be illegal.
'but enough to stop you going down the legal route if still trading' - they are still trading but there is no 'legal route', statutory redundancy means, the legal minimum they are required to pay. If they pay this you have no recourse. Anecdotal evidence however suggests that companies generally do offer more than this legal minimum (unless they are going out of business) and I'm trying to figure out what is typical and under what circumstances they just do the minimum (is it only when they are going out of business ?)

TheRealProfessor · 18-01-2026 11:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124159892#Comment_124159892

Not Ireland only, a Multi-National, offices all over the world, small to mid-sized I would say.

plodder · 18-01-2026 11:54PM

A reputable MNC should be offering way over statutory. 6 weeks pay per year of service (incl. statutory) would be the base imo. Might be capped at 52 weeks, but there should also be a decent minimum payout of 16 or more weeks.

CramCycle · 19-01-2026 01:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124160673#Comment_124160673

Thats what I said, apologies if my english was not easily readable, I said if it's a our back are to the wall and you won't be replaced. There are cases of redundancy where their backs are not to the wall but they don't need the job done anymore, so they can afford to pay a bit more redundancy rather than have you go legal and try to claim there was alternative work or that the work is still there and they have just replaced it. Paying a bit more endears goodwill, less reputational loss and less likely the cost of a, even if it not justified, response via a solicitor and the time sink that is.

RebelButtMunch · 19-01-2026 05:12PM

Impossible to predict. I've seen everything from 6 weeks for every year served, to statutory.

blackbox · 20-01-2026 12:15AM

Have you got good Union representation? That would make a difference.

Dial Hard · 20-01-2026 05:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124163462#Comment_124163462

I'd be surprised if there's much union penetration in tech MNCs, tbh. I've worked in the non-tech private sector my entire life and have never worked in a company with any union presence, let alone been a member of one. It always bemuses me when it's the first answer to any query on this forum - it's clearly the default in some sectors, and literally just not a thing in many others.

HurlingBoy · 20-01-2026 05:33PM

There is no trade unions in MNCs and definitely none in the US MNCs. They would run a mile if there were. Employees are generally well looked after with good benefits. The best I've heard for Voluntary Redundancies for the large MNCs is 7 weeks per year of service generally capped at 18 years as they need to make it attractive for people to leave. It may be less for mandatory redundancies. I have heard however of smaller US MNCs given mandatory only so it's very much on a case by case basis.

user060916 · 20-01-2026 05:35PM

Place I was in was offered 6 weeks per year and all stocks vested. Most took it, a few negotiated higher amounts.

Mrs OBumble · 20-01-2026 09:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124165087#Comment_124165087

They achieve that by hiring for many positions as agency workers thru Covalen and the like. Staff work at the same site, and now have to get the same conditions in terms of wages and leave. But when the redundancy train rolls around, the agency workers get statutory only.

MadeInKerry · 28-01-2026 06:37PM

Ericsson just announced 35 voluntary redundancies. They are offering 6 weeks pay for each full year worked.

Thats about standard for big tech companies.

RebelButtMunch · 28-01-2026 07:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124188009#Comment_124188009

capped after x years?

MadeInKerry · 29-01-2026 10:41AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124188172#Comment_124188172

Dont know what Ericsson said their cap is but there usually is a cap alright. When I got redundancy about 15 years ago the cap was 10 years. Most people werent over that cap but some were there up to 20 years at the time and felt hard done by.

RebelButtMunch · 29-01-2026 11:10AM

still, I get the feeling that's on the good side lately. Fair play.

Typical redundancy package for a tech company in Dublin ?

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