Meta says it has laid off a number of employees, including staff from WhatsApp and Instagram, to realign its resources with its “strategic goals.”
Meta says it has laid off a number of employees, including staff from WhatsApp and Instagram, to realign its resources with its “strategic goals.”
A Meta spokesperson confirmed in a statement that some teams are making changes to align with their long-term goals and location strategy. Specific details about the number of employees affected have not been released.
“This includes moving some teams to different locations and moving some employees to different roles,” Meta said in a statement. “In situations like this where a role is eliminated, we work hard to find other options for affected employees.”
The edgewhich first reported the layoffs, said cuts have been made at teams including messaging services WhatsApp and Instagram and Meta’s virtual reality technology unit Reality Labs.
Among those affected was Jane Manchun Wong, a software engineer known for discovering unreleased features in popular social media apps before joining Meta in 2023.
Meta has had several layoffs to adjust its workforce after hiring aggressively during the pandemic. Earlier this year, it cut several jobs at Reality Labs after laying off 11,000 employees in 2022. Another 10,000 jobs were cut last year as CEO Mark Zuckerberg called 2023 a “year of efficiency.”
“I’m still trying to process this, but I’ve learned that my role at Meta has been affected,” Wong wrote in a message. public Threads post.