PayPal expect their Dublin employee base to grow to about 400 employees by the end of 2005, while the customer service centre should employ 300 to 400 people by the same date.
• Because of the large number of readers’ questions submitted for the face-to-face meeting between eBay and the Gazette, the meeting has been put back a few weeks as the dot-com team prepare some answers. We will bring you the results as soon as possible.
800 eBay jobs set for Dublin
Online auctioneer eBay will create up to 800 new jobs in Dublin as they expand their European operations. The San Francisco-based company will locate the European headquarters for their PayPal Internet payment unit in west Dublin and will also open a second European customer support centre.