Meta Platforms, Inc. to Lay Off 8,000 Employees
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What we know
Location: global.
A specific layoff date has not been disclosed.
Based on news reporting.
Summary
Reuters reporting summarized Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 2026 initiative codenamed 'Project OT' to replace many employees with AI and restructure teams into small 'pods.' The article states Meta planned significant workforce reductions, with reporting in March that the company was planning to cut up to 20% of employees and a more detailed April report saying approximately 8,000 people (about 10% of the workforce) would be laid off in May 2025. The May round was carried out, but a second wave planned for November 2026 was canceled and management said there were no further company-wide layoffs planned for that year. The restructuring and use of employee data for AI training drove internal backlash, morale drops, technical incidents and security concerns that contributed to the abandonment of broader cuts.
Meta Platforms, Inc. cut 8,000 jobs.
That is roughly 11% 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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