Meta Platforms, Inc. Layoff — March 2026

Reuters reported that Meta Platforms, Inc. is planning significant job cuts that could amount to 20% or more of its workforce, triggering a jump in Meta shares. The article describes these as planned/possible future layoffs rather than completed job reductions, and does not provide a specific headcount, date, or affected departments or locations. The report is couched as Reuters’ reporting on Meta’s plans and was broadly discussed in market coverage, with no explicit timeline or employee numbers given in the referenced piece. No specific regional offices or divisions were named as being targeted, and Meta did not have a precise public count or schedule disclosed in the article.

Meta Platforms, Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on February 2, 2026. The notice covers 102 employees in Menlo Park, CA (San Mateo County), with the layoff effective March 20, 2026.

The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 4 CA communities: Discovery Way Sunnyvale, Hacker Way Menlo Park, Jefferson Drive Menlo Park, Menlo Park.

That is roughly 0.1% 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.