META CUTS 8,000 JOBS, REDIRECTS RESOURCES TOWARD AI DEVELOPMENT

Meta says goodbye to those who won't use AI

Meta is the latest company to trim its workforce as a result of the growing use of AI within the industry. The company laid off 8,000 employees earlier this week, while also moving 7,000 more to AI-focused roles. “AI is the most consequential technology of our lifetimes,” Zuckerberg said in a memo that he sent to employees, informing them of the cuts.  “The companies that lead the way will define the next generation,” he added. The company has n…

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Meta terminates 8,000 jobs globally, while Singapore staff receive their termination e-mails at 4 AM, as the company moves on with its new AI-focused teams

SINGAPORE: Meta’s latest round of job cuts arrived even before sunrise in Singapore. Employees at the social media giant woke up on Wednesday (May 20) to emails sent around 4 am local time informing them their roles had been cut, as the company began laying off around 8,000 workers globally while reshaping itself around artificial intelligence (AI). According to Bloomberg, staff in other regions were scheduled to receive notifications in their o…

META CUTS 8,000 JOBS, REDIRECTS RESOURCES TOWARD AI DEVELOPMENT

Fri 22 May 2026: Meta has launched a wave of layoffs that will affect 10 percent of the company’s global workforce, representing about 8,000 people. The cuts, which began on Wednesday, are planned to occur in three waves, beginning at 4am local time for those affected, the Reuters news agency reported. Workers affected so far […]

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Meta workers spent this week waiting to learn who would lose their jobs. The New York Times reported that staff exchanged salad emojis on internal forums as a salute to departing colleagues. Workers in Singapore received layoff emails at 4am local time, while employees in the United States and other countries received notices later that day. The company told employees that 8,000 workers (which is 10% of the workforce) would lose their jobs as Me…