This says 20% reduction. So it could be bigger than Covid cuts.
Appropriate1987 on
So many AI layoffs. Glad my job is immune to that for now.
jimbojsb on
So they hope it might create efficiencies. But in reality, they can’t afford the staff and the data centers at the same time.
perilous_times on
I feel like a lot of these companies had some poor business planning around AI. They went all in on it but underestimated the cost and speed of development.
Edward_Zachary on
AI causing job loss after all, just not the way they were hoping lmao
sentencevillefonny on
I was laid off last month (@Meta on an AI related project)…we literally JUST had layoffs. This is wild…but there was definitely that weird aura that everything around was falling apart
Damn8ti0n on
I have friends who were just hired there after
Months of job hunting. What is the point of not enacting a hiring freeze if you’re just going to lay people off.
AmethystOrator on
> If Meta settles on the 20% figure, the layoffs will be the company’s most significant since a restructuring in late 2022 and early 2023 that it dubbed the “year of efficiency.” It employed nearly 79,000 people as of December 31, according to its latest filing.
> The company laid off 11,000 staffers in November 2022, or around 13% of its workforce at the time. Around four months later, it announced it was cutting another 10,000 jobs.
Just more “efficiency”, nothing to see here. /s
Ihor_90 on
Article mentions Amazon as an example of layoffs due to AI but just a couple days ago Amazon said they were reviewing their AI use and that junior/mid level software engineers would need seniors approval before merging AI generated changes. This of course follows a series of outages across their services.
thegooddoktorjones on
It’s just so efficient that it’s killing us.
SpiderSlitScrotums on
If they need to raise money they could start selling all the hardware they’ve been hoarding.
Bushwazi on
As AI costs mount, your supposed to realize *it’s* too expensive
midwestia on
About to be a lot of “ex meta” people in LinkedIn, like that’s some badge of honor anyway.
fredandlunchbox on
Maybe they shouldn’t have paid a 28 year old $14B.
Forsaken_Celery8197 on
And another year of record profits im sure.
bluelinked on
Meta hit me up in recruiting 3 weeks ago. I said no thanks— y’all just laid people off. And here we go again.
MattyBeatz on
Zuck is not good at business. VR, Metaverse, AI. Dude is so desperate to claim the next “thing” after cell phones that’s he’s wasted billions.
He’s at the mercy of Apple and Google and it grinds his gears.
anaveragebest on
Wait I’ve seen this one before! It was the:
1500 laid off on 1/13/2026
No wait…it must have been the:
600 laid off 10/22/2025
…no my memory…it’s very bad it must have been the one on:
100 laid off in 4/24/2025
CRAP. that’s not it either, was it the:
3600 laid off in 2/10/2025
….ahhh forget it, I’ll never remember.
SmokeyJoe2 on
costs are a problem yet they bought moltbook
slumdungo on
This is like the fourth major reduction in 6 months. Clown show leadership
Nepalus on
The problem is Layoffs don’t fix the fundamental problem with the AI business, it makes literally no money and there’s really no clear line of sight to when its going to start making ***real*** money. Like AWS/Azure money.
Zuckerberg already said it I believe in the summer of last year, he’s willing to lose tens of billions of dollars on this because he believes that not being in the game is worse than playing catchup if AI does take over the world and better than saving tens of billions of dollars.
But since his control over Meta is absolute, no one is going to question him on it.
The cold hard reality is that Meta is a advertising business. Just like Google. Personally if I’m an ad buyer, I’m questioning the value that AI provides me relative to the increased cost. That and I’m looking at my marketing budget as the world economy seems like its about to hit the shitter and only 5% of the US consumer base is keeping their spending the same/increasing it.
That’s what I’d be more worried about if I was Zuck.
SnoopsBadunkadunk on
Anything to convince people they’re still relevant.
Alert_Lettuce_8278 on
With all things considered, I don’t understand how Meta has as many employees as it does and still manages to deliver shitty products across the board. The only good products they have they purchased and then made worse.
It makes me uneasy to think about where their real revenue sources come from.
Here’s the thing though, valuations are tied to the core USD at this point. The USD is going to fall hard if any one of these companies starts to fail, it’s a house of cards right now propped up by growing unsustainable debt.
bevo_expat on
Fuck that! How about the executives take ownership of their fucking awful investments and forego bonuses that could probably save 5-10% of those cuts in equivalent salary costs.
PhilosophyEasy71 on
But who will think of Zuck in his island bunker
Low_Engineering_3301 on
The only thing people cared about less than their metaverse was their meta AI.
asscrackbanditz on
Hope Meta can just close company. It literally does not need to exist.
eltron on
Gotta pay for all that AI headhunting last year and those 1B contracts! Insane amount of layoffs!
Zestyclose_Koala_593 on
I dont work in tech but i feel like a lot of these big tech alumni are going to start over with new careers and infiltrate the job market, making it super hard for everyone else who is still looking for work but doesnt have as flashy name like Meta on their resume.
Soberdonkey69 on
“AI will create jobs for the economy.”
NRM1980 on
15K people I hope the AI backfires in their laps.
pickleback11 on
Is their address really “1 hacker way”? That’s so pathetic and lame it’s embarrassing
Neat-Bridge3754 on
Good. Meta is a shit company that makes the world a worse place.
I feel bad for the individuals, but love to see any company hemorrhaging money because of worthless AI bullshit. Any company dumb enough to buy into the lie of AI deserves to fail.
someguywitheaphone on
Remember when it was layoffs because of AI productivity? Now it’s AI cost
JMDeutsch on
Soon Meta is just gonna be Zuckerberg, an Oculus headset and a fleshlight named America
ZenBreaking on
Funny how all these tech companies seem to be laying off employees while pushing AI. Can’t wait for the AI bubble to shit the bed and these fools lose everything
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So this is how meta dies
This says 20% reduction. So it could be bigger than Covid cuts.
So many AI layoffs. Glad my job is immune to that for now.
So they hope it might create efficiencies. But in reality, they can’t afford the staff and the data centers at the same time.
I feel like a lot of these companies had some poor business planning around AI. They went all in on it but underestimated the cost and speed of development.
AI causing job loss after all, just not the way they were hoping lmao
I was laid off last month (@Meta on an AI related project)…we literally JUST had layoffs. This is wild…but there was definitely that weird aura that everything around was falling apart
I have friends who were just hired there after
Months of job hunting. What is the point of not enacting a hiring freeze if you’re just going to lay people off.
> If Meta settles on the 20% figure, the layoffs will be the company’s most significant since a restructuring in late 2022 and early 2023 that it dubbed the “year of efficiency.” It employed nearly 79,000 people as of December 31, according to its latest filing.
> The company laid off 11,000 staffers in November 2022, or around 13% of its workforce at the time. Around four months later, it announced it was cutting another 10,000 jobs.
Just more “efficiency”, nothing to see here. /s
Article mentions Amazon as an example of layoffs due to AI but just a couple days ago Amazon said they were reviewing their AI use and that junior/mid level software engineers would need seniors approval before merging AI generated changes. This of course follows a series of outages across their services.
It’s just so efficient that it’s killing us.
If they need to raise money they could start selling all the hardware they’ve been hoarding.
As AI costs mount, your supposed to realize *it’s* too expensive
About to be a lot of “ex meta” people in LinkedIn, like that’s some badge of honor anyway.
Maybe they shouldn’t have paid a 28 year old $14B.
And another year of record profits im sure.
Meta hit me up in recruiting 3 weeks ago. I said no thanks— y’all just laid people off. And here we go again.
Zuck is not good at business. VR, Metaverse, AI. Dude is so desperate to claim the next “thing” after cell phones that’s he’s wasted billions.
He’s at the mercy of Apple and Google and it grinds his gears.
Wait I’ve seen this one before! It was the:
1500 laid off on 1/13/2026
No wait…it must have been the:
600 laid off 10/22/2025
…no my memory…it’s very bad it must have been the one on:
100 laid off in 4/24/2025
CRAP. that’s not it either, was it the:
3600 laid off in 2/10/2025
….ahhh forget it, I’ll never remember.
costs are a problem yet they bought moltbook
This is like the fourth major reduction in 6 months. Clown show leadership
The problem is Layoffs don’t fix the fundamental problem with the AI business, it makes literally no money and there’s really no clear line of sight to when its going to start making ***real*** money. Like AWS/Azure money.
Zuckerberg already said it I believe in the summer of last year, he’s willing to lose tens of billions of dollars on this because he believes that not being in the game is worse than playing catchup if AI does take over the world and better than saving tens of billions of dollars.
But since his control over Meta is absolute, no one is going to question him on it.
The cold hard reality is that Meta is a advertising business. Just like Google. Personally if I’m an ad buyer, I’m questioning the value that AI provides me relative to the increased cost. That and I’m looking at my marketing budget as the world economy seems like its about to hit the shitter and only 5% of the US consumer base is keeping their spending the same/increasing it.
That’s what I’d be more worried about if I was Zuck.
Anything to convince people they’re still relevant.
With all things considered, I don’t understand how Meta has as many employees as it does and still manages to deliver shitty products across the board. The only good products they have they purchased and then made worse.
It makes me uneasy to think about where their real revenue sources come from.
Here’s the thing though, valuations are tied to the core USD at this point. The USD is going to fall hard if any one of these companies starts to fail, it’s a house of cards right now propped up by growing unsustainable debt.
Fuck that! How about the executives take ownership of their fucking awful investments and forego bonuses that could probably save 5-10% of those cuts in equivalent salary costs.
But who will think of Zuck in his island bunker
The only thing people cared about less than their metaverse was their meta AI.
Hope Meta can just close company. It literally does not need to exist.
Gotta pay for all that AI headhunting last year and those 1B contracts! Insane amount of layoffs!
I dont work in tech but i feel like a lot of these big tech alumni are going to start over with new careers and infiltrate the job market, making it super hard for everyone else who is still looking for work but doesnt have as flashy name like Meta on their resume.
“AI will create jobs for the economy.”
15K people I hope the AI backfires in their laps.
Is their address really “1 hacker way”? That’s so pathetic and lame it’s embarrassing
Good. Meta is a shit company that makes the world a worse place.
I feel bad for the individuals, but love to see any company hemorrhaging money because of worthless AI bullshit. Any company dumb enough to buy into the lie of AI deserves to fail.
Remember when it was layoffs because of AI productivity? Now it’s AI cost
Soon Meta is just gonna be Zuckerberg, an Oculus headset and a fleshlight named America
Funny how all these tech companies seem to be laying off employees while pushing AI. Can’t wait for the AI bubble to shit the bed and these fools lose everything