Facebook owner Meta has started notifying employees who are losing jobs in the wave of 10,000 job cuts the social media company announced last month.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the layoffs are key to making the company more efficient.
Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has been under pressure since its ads business slowed sharply last year.
It had already laid off 13% of its workforce – around 11,000 people – last year.
Some of those affected by Meta’s recent decisions wrote on social media that they are looking for new roles.
The company declined to comment, citing the March memo in which Mr. Zuckerberg outlined plans and described last year’s challenges as a “humbling wake-up call.”
He said the cuts are necessary to adjust to a new “economic reality” and allow the company to invest in the future.
In March, members of the recruitment team initially left the company.
The latest notifications apply to employees of the company’s IT teams, as per the company’s plans.
Another round of layoffs affecting business and administrative teams is expected next month.
The company said the timing might differ for people outside the US and some cuts might not be complete until the end of the year.
The moves come as the corporate world braces for a broader economic slowdown as higher borrowing costs begin to slow business activity.
The technology sector, where low borrowing costs had helped boost investment and growth, was hit particularly hard.
More than 170,000 people in the industry have been laid off worldwide since the beginning of the year, according to announcements tracked by website Layoffs.fyi, with big names like Amazon and Google responsible for some of the biggest moves.
Among other announcements this week, online real estate company Opendoor said it would cut its workforce by about 560 jobs, or 22%.
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