Meta, the company that owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, has announced more job cuts, affecting workers from its well-known messaging and social media services.
After already layoffs of 11000 employees in 2022 and 10000 employees in 2023, Meta has announced that it is cutting jobs again. The exact number of people losing their jobs is not known. Meta has announced layoffs affecting teams in various parts of the business, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Threads, and other Meta divisions.
A Meta worker named Jane Manchun Wong used Threads to talk about her experience of losing her job. She said thank you for her time at Meta and offered to work for other companies in software and security engineering.
In a statement to The Verge, a Meta spokesperson said they are laying off people. They explained that Meta is changing its teams to match its long-term goals. This means moving some teams to new places and giving employees new jobs. Meta is trying to find new jobs for the people who lost theirs.
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Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, had earlier shared plans to simplify the company’s operations and make it work more efficiently. In March 2023, he said that a smaller, more focused team would help Meta achieve. Its main goals are to speed up and boost employee productivity.
As Meta keeps adjusting to the changing digital world. These recent job cuts show the ongoing difficulties big tech companies face in staying profitable and adapting to shifting market needs.
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