• Meta is laying off 3,000 employees, affecting about 5% of its workforce. Affected workers will receive emails and lose access to company systems within an hour.
  • CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously announced plans to raise performance standards and remove low performers more quickly than usual.

Meta is laying off around 3,000 employees today, affecting nearly 5% of its workforce. The layoffs, based on performance reviews, were revealed in a leaked internal memo obtained by Business Insider.

Janelle Gale, Meta’s Vice President of Human Resources, shared the memo on the company’s internal Workplace forum, informing employees that affected workers would receive emails this morning.

International employees started receiving notifications at 2:30 a.m. IST, while U.S. employees will be notified at 6:30 p.m. IST. Within an hour of receiving the email, employees will lose access to company systems. The notification will also include details on severance packages.

“For teams losing a teammate or manager today, I understand this might be a difficult day,” Gale wrote in the memo.

She acknowledged the disruption and reassured employees that while offices would remain open, those who preferred to work remotely today would be allowed to do so. Since Meta follows a hybrid work model, requiring employees to be in the office three days a week, remote work today will still be considered in-person time.

Meta will not publicly disclose the names of those affected. While some of the roles may be refilled, there is no clear timeline for when or if that will happen. If a manager is laid off, their team members will be reassigned to a new manager.

These job cuts align with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s previous announcement about raising performance standards and removing low performers more quickly. Unlike Meta’s usual approach of phasing out underperforming employees over a year, the company is making immediate cuts based on recent performance evaluations.

The layoffs at Meta come amid a broader wave of job cuts in the tech industry. Amazon recently laid off dozens of employees, while Salesforce cut approximately 1,000 jobs earlier this year.

Edited by Harshajit Sarmah