Meta Platforms, Inc. Layoff — July 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGWashington State Employment Security Department· filed May 22, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, WA (King County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on May 22, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the WA state workforce agency.
Summary
Meta Platforms, Inc. announced a reduction of about 8,000 employees, roughly 10% of its workforce, as part of efforts to offset sharply higher AI capital expenditures. The cuts, reported in mid-May, are the company's largest since its 2022–2023 'Year of Efficiency' when it cut 21,000 roles, and will reduce headcount to about 71,000. Management expects meaningful severance charges (estimated around $800 million if severance averages $100,000 per affected employee) and relatively modest annual savings versus Meta's large 2026 CapEx guidance. CEO Mark Zuckerberg indicated he does not expect more company-wide layoffs this year, and the company is also reassigning roughly 7,000 employees to AI-related roles as part of the reorganization.
Meta Platforms, Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the WA state workforce agency on May 22, 2026. The notice covers 1,395 employees in Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, WA (King County), with the layoff effective July 22, 2026.
That is roughly 1.9% of the 72,404 people Meta Platforms, Inc. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 75 layoff events at Meta Platforms, Inc. since January 2023, including 9,622 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 60 additional events known from news reporting.
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