Meta to Lay Off 5% of Workforce While Accelerating AI Hiring
- Meta is planning to lay off about 5% of its workforce, targeting its 'lowest performers,' as confirmed in an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.
- The company will backfill at least some of the positions after the layoffs, according to Meta's announcement.
- Meta's VP of Engineering for Monetization, Peng Fan, requested help with expedited hiring for machine learning engineers and other critical roles.
- Meta will keep its offices open on Monday and will not provide further details about the layoffs, as stated by Gale in her post.
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Meta likely to lay off thousands of employees, says leaked memo
New Delhi: Tech giant Meta is expected to lay off around 3,000 employees, which is about 5 percent of its total workforce, as per a leaked internal memo, reports said on Sunday, February 9. According to the report, the memo, posted by Janelle Gale, Meta’s Vice President of Human Resources, was shared on the company’s internal Workplace forum. The memo states that affected employees will receive an email on Monday morning informing them about the…
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