Meta to Cut 5% of Staff

Meta plans to cut 5% of its workforce, focusing on the lowest performers. Read the memo Mark Zuckerberg sent to staff.
The Meta chief wrote in a post on Workplace, the company's internal forum, that the company will be doing "more extensive performance-based cuts."
Zuckerberg plans Meta layoffs as company culls ‘low performers’ faster
Layoffs could affect 5 percent of the workforce as its CEO seeks to “raise the bar on performance management,” according to a memo viewed by The Post.
Meta to Cut 5% of Staff as Mark Zuckerberg Says He Will ‘Raise the Bar’
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts are necessary as the company builds ‘the most important technologies in the world.’
Zuckerberg says Meta will lay off more ‘low-performers’
Meta will soon lay off more “low-performers” across the company, according to an internal memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was shared by a source at the company. “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,
Meta to trim 5% of its workforce, focusing on underperformers — Mark Zuckerberg says the move will "raise the bar" on performance management
And now, Meta is joining the fray with plans to make performance-based cuts, slated to impact approximately 5% of its workforce based on performance. According to an internal memo exclusively obtained by Bloomberg, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg indicated:
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'Year of intensity': Meta employees react to plans to cut low performers
Mark Zuckerberg said Meta planned to make more extensive performance-based cuts." Staffers questioned how those would work.
Meta is planning to cut 5% of lowest performers, memo shows
Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to cut about 5% of its lowest performers with the intent of backfilling their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to employees. “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,

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