Leaked internal memo outlines how Meta plans to cut 3,600 jobs in preparation for an ¡®intense year¡¯
According to the memo posted by CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Workplace forum Meta employees affected by the layoffs will be notified by February 10 and receive severance in line with what the company has provided previously.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is set to cut 5 per cent of its workforce, or around 3,600 employees. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the development to employees and said 2025 will ¡°be an intense year¡± for the social media giant.
'Move out low performers faster'
In an internal memo posted on the company¡¯s Workplace forum on Tuesday, Zuckerberg said Meta has decided to ¡°move out low performers faster.¡±
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¡°I¡¯ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low performers faster. We typically manage out people who aren¡¯t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we¡¯re going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle, with the intention of backfilling these roles in 2025. We won¡¯t manage out everyone who didn¡¯t meet expectations for the last period if we¡¯re optimistic about their future performance, and for those we do let go, we¡¯ll provide generous severance in line with what we provided with previous cuts,¡± Zuckerberg stated in the memo.
Laid off employees will be notified by Feb 10
According to the memo, Meta employees affected by the layoffs will be notified by February 10 and receive severance in line with what the company has provided previously.
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He acknowledged that letting people go is never easy.
"But I¡¯m confident this will strengthen our teams and help us build leading technology to enable the future of human connection," Zuckerberg said.
Meta gears up for new challenges in 2025
While mass layoffs at Meta are not anything new, the latest round of job cuts comes at a time when the social media company is gearing up to face new challenges with the Donald Trump administration in the US.
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In recent weeks, Meta has rolled back its DEI initiatives and also announced an end to its third-party fact-checking programme, which will be replaced by an X-style Community Notes.
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