March 15, 2023 - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday the company plans to cut 10,000 employees. The company laid off more than 11,000 employees in November. Zuckerberg has pitched 2023 as Meta's "year of efficiency."

February 11, 2025 - Meta’s recently announced that it will lay off 5% of its workforce, targeting those labeled as “low performers.” This isn’t surprising in today’s corporate climate, but, for me, it raises some big questions.

March 12, 2025 - The next round of layoffs will see more cuts in recruiting, plus sales and marketing orgs, according to the WSJ. According to public WARN records, which are reported by companies to California by law, the last round of cuts disproportionately affected employees from certain teams, affecting more software engineers in Instagram than WhatsApp. Meta publicly stated that it is seeking to reduce the layers of management in its organization, so it is likely that more managers will be let go this time around, or asked to return to IC or hybrid IC-manager roles as the organization undergoes flattening.

March 14, 2023 - We will let recruiting team members know tomorrow whether they’re impacted. We expect to announce restructurings and layoffs in our tech groups in late April, and then our business groups in late May.

May 24, 2023 - Wed 24 May 2023 12.21 EDT · Share · Meta started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles.

May 24, 2023 - By Katie PaulMay 24, 20239:43 PM ... Wednesday as it carried out its last batch of a three-part round of layoffs, part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles....

October 18, 2024 - Total revenue increased from $55.8 billion in 2018 to $134.9 billion in 2023. ... That's $517k per employee to $580k per employee. Companies should hire more employees. They seem really good at generating revenue.

October 17, 2025 - Meta’s 2023 layoffs marked a significant moment in tech industry shifts, sparking widespread discussion about the company’s future trajectory. This article

January 14, 2025 - The last big cuts at Meta came in 2023, when the company cut about 10,000 positions in a cost-cutting drive after Mr Zuckerberg declared it the "year of efficiency".

May 2, 2025 - Meta underwent another big round of layoffs on Monday, cutting 3,600 jobs, or roughly 5%, of its total workforce. Between 2022 and 2023, the tech giant eliminated 21,000 positions, nearly a quarter of its workforce, and continued to reduce staff ...

January 15, 2025 - Meta initially laid off about 11,000 staff, or 13 per cent of its global workforce, followed by another round of 10,000 cuts in the second quarter of 2023.

October 17, 2024 - Meta's last mass layoffs came in March 2023 when it cut 10,000 workers and November 2022 when it slashed 11,000.

January 14, 2025 - Meta announced 10,000 layoffs in 2023 and 11,000 in 2022.

May 19, 2025 - I had received great ratings, had good relationships, and was acknowledged for exceeding expectations. But in 2023, the company laid off 10,000 employees and withdrew 5,000 open roles it had yet to fill.

May 7, 2025 - Two weeks before the layoffs, he said, his new manager told the team everyone was "safe." Then came the termination email — and a performance rating of "Meets Some Expectations," low on Meta's end-of-year rating scale.

April 28, 2023 - Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Salesforce and Yahoo have all slashed staff this year, citing cloudy economic forecasts.

January 14, 2025 - Zuckerberg had also called 2023 the "Year of Efficiency" as Meta announced its decision to eliminate around 10,000 roles. Last week, the company scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topics ...

March 16, 2023 - Update 3/14: Meta is letting go of an additional 10K employees over the course of the next few months. The previous round of layoffs affected around 13% of Meta’s global workforce, or around 11,000 employees.

March 7, 2023 - In November 2022, the company announced 11,00 job cuts. Now, reports indicate that this next round of layoffs will also be in the thousands. META stock is responding positively to this news today, up more than 1% as of this writing.