TikTok job cuts: 600 Dublin roles gone as legal bills climb past $1bn

New accounts reveal scale of TikTok’s Dublin job cuts

Accounts for TikTok Technology Limited, the company’s Irish subsidiary, show that it ended 2025 with 2,108 employees. 

Its average headcount dropped by more than 20% during the year, following plans communicated to the Government to cut hundreds of positions in Dublin.

The reductions brought down the company’s overall staff spending, which declined from $245.7 million to $221.9 million, according to The Irish Times. 

However, the pay received by its three Dublin-based directors, Cormac Keenan, Elaine McGovern and Adam Presser, moved in the opposite direction. Their combined remuneration rose from $899,000 to more than $1 million.

The accounts also reveal that TikTok’s provisions for legal and regulatory matters exceeded $1 billion by the end of 2025. 

The total reached $1.03 billion (€923.8 million), compared with $916.1 million a year earlier.

Empty office rent adds to TikTok’s costs

TikTok Technology Limited said the increase was “largely driven by adverse foreign exchange movements”. Some of the additional costs were also associated with rent for an empty office.

The company has separately completed a consultation process concerning a proposed internal reorganisation, according to the filing. It said the costs arising from the process were “not expected to be material” to its 2026 results.

The financial disclosures arrive as TikTok continues to face regulatory pressure in Ireland. 

Last year, the Data Protection Commission imposed a €530 million fine over the company’s handling of European users’ data. TikTok is challenging the penalty through an appeal.

Meanwhile, reports in recent months have raised the prospect of another round of redundancies at the Dublin office, potentially affecting hundreds of employees. 

The company has not confirmed those reported cuts in the information provided.