Meta announced layoffs impacting thousands of employees, representing about 10% of its 78,000-person workforce. A memo to employees said headcount would be reduced to run the company more efficiently and to offset other investments, without providing additional rationale. The layoffs follow continued investment in AI and related workforce changes. Employees were also reassigned to AI initiatives, with claims that the changes would increase productivity and make work more rewarding. Reports indicate frustration and demoralization among employees. Some employees pushed back on plans to further double down on AI, including using mouse-tracking software on corporate devices to collect employee data for training AI models.
"Meta officially announced a sweeping round of layoffs today that will impact thousands of employees across the business, or about 10% of the company's 78,000-person workforce."
"As previously shared, we have decided to reduce headcount as part of our continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we're making. the company wrote in the memo, which was signed by "Meta Leadership" and offered no further explanation for the job cuts."
"Just this week, Meta employees also learned that about 7,000 of them were being reassigned to AI initiatives, which the company claimed would "make us more productive and make the work more rewarding.""
"Some of them have openly pushed back on the company's plans to keep doubling down on AI-like the use of mouse-tracking software on corporate devices to collect employee data for training Meta's AI models."
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