Islamabad, October 17, 2024: Meta Platforms Inc. has begun a new round of layoffs that would affect workers in several departments, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs, according to The Verge.
The reorganization was confirmed by a company spokesperson, who said that several teams are changing to better fit Meta’s long-term strategic and geographic objectives.
The spokesperson said, “This includes moving some teams to different locations and moving some employees to different roles. In situations like these, when a role is eliminated, we work hard to find other opportunities for impacted employees.”
Jane Manchun Wong, who joined Meta’s Threads team in 2023, announced on social media that her role had been eliminated. She was a reverse engineer there.
However, Meta has not revealed the precise number of layoffs. To save money, the business has laid off almost 21,000 employees since November 2022.
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In March 2023, CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed that a leaner company is necessary to carry out major priorities faster, which will increase productivity and give workers a more satisfying job.
In another instance, Meta has fired about twenty-odd workers from its Los Angeles headquarters for abusing the company’s $25 a meal credit program.
The affected employees had been using the system to buy non-food products, including laundry detergent, wine glasses, and acne treatment pads, for a long time, according to people familiar with the situation.
The program was designed to provide on-site meals, but some employees allegedly conspired to pool their credits, while others had meals brought to their homes.
