8,000 Meta Layoffs Start May 20—What To Do Now Before Losing Your Job [Yahoo! Finance]
Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A (META)
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
Meta plans to lay off about 8,000 employees starting May 20, per Reuters --its largest restructuring since early 2023, dubbed the “year of efficiency” by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The rollout will impact the global workforce across Meta's divisions. And, as expected, the driving force behind these cuts is AI. This is not the only round of layoffs the Big Tech giant has planned. According to reports, this is the first in a series of cuts slated to roll out over the next few years, as Zuckerberg shifts his attention to boosting efficiency through agentic AI employees and concentrating more heavily on Meta's AI divisions. Similarly, Oracle initiated layoffs in April, with about 30,000 employees losing their roles. And just last week, Walt Disney was also reported to be restructuring its workforce, laying off 1,000 employees. While Meta is well-known for its layoffs in recent years following the pandemic, it's bigger than just one company. Layoffs have become a consistent trend ac
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