SAP NOT RULING OUT GALWAY JOBS CUTS

Date Published: 28-Jan-2009

The German owners of SAP software in Ballybrit in the city, have announced they're cutting more than 3,000 jobs worldwide as the economic slump hurts demand.The Germany-based company hasn't ruled out jobs cuts among it's 400 Galway staff at the Parkmore Business Park East office. In a statement to Galway Bay FM news, spokesperson Guenter Gaugler said SAP plans to reduce its workforce to 48,500 worldwide. He added that they cannot give a regional split of the job cuts. SAP is the world's biggest maker of business-management software and employed 52,000 people at the end of 2008.