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."
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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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