Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will conduct 'performance terminations' this week and cut roughly 5% of its staff.

Meta Platforms (META) layoffs start today as the social media giant further shifts to an artificial intelligence (AI) company. The tech company

In a separate message to managers, the Facebook co-founder stressed that these cuts were intended to create space for the company to hire the

Meta notified employees affected by the layoffs beginning at 5:00 a.m. m. today, via a memo sent by Chief People Officer Janelle Gale

Meta layoffs 2025 are set to impact around 3,600 employees, marking another major job cut by the tech giant. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has emphasized the need for a high-performing workforce, with layoffs targeting underperforming employees.

Perhaps the biggest threat to our jobs isn’t AI—but other, more talented people. Or so seems to be the case with Meta’s latest batch of layoffs.

Meta job cuts shock employees as even those with strong performance records face layoffs.

Meta Platforms Inc. began notifying staff of job cuts on Monday, kick-starting a process that will terminate thousands of people as the company cracks down on “low-performers” and scours for new talent to dominate the AI race.

The social media giant's ambitious restructuring plan will affects 5% of Meta's global workforce amid industry-wide changes

Meta employees in over a dozen countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa will receive their notifications of layoffs between February 11 and February 18.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has begun a new round of layoffs as part of its ongoing effort to streamline operations and ramp up investments in artificial intelligence.