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"Cruelest Company": Meta Employees Slam Layoffs, Say Move Was Not "Performance Driven"
Despite Meta's claims of "performance-based layoffs," several employees allege they were terminated despite having a history of meeting performance expectations.
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Meta Employee Laid Off After Returning From Maternity Leave: "I Was Blindsided"
In a LinkedIn post, Ms Safner shared her shock and disappointment, suggesting that Meta may have targeted employees who had recently taken leaves.
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Meta Starts Eliminating Jobs in Shift to Find AI Talent
Meta has started notifying “low-performers” that they are being laid off. The company is scouring for new talent to dominate the AI race. The company is offering US-based employees severance packages that include 16 weeks of salary, in addition two weeks for each year of service.
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Meta Prepares for Layoffs on Monday, Circulates Internal Memo
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week. Employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from the cuts "due to local regulations," while those in more than a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia and Africa will receive their notifications between February 11 and February 18.
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Meta To Start Layoffs Globally From Next Week: Report
Facebook owner Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week while pushing ahead with the expedited hiring of machine learning engineers, it told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters on Friday.
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Meta Lays Off Employees Across Units, At WhatsApp And Instagram: Report
Meta is laying off employees across units including Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs, the Verge reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Meta Looking to Hire Generative AI-Focused Workers on Metaverse Team After Layoffs
Meta is looking to hire employees to expand its foray in the generative AI space, as part of its metaverse team. As per a new job listing, could integrate GenAI with its metaverse-related efforts, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) elements – that together make for components of the metaverse
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Ex-Twitter Employee Who Went Viral For Sleeping On Floor Hired By Meta
Ms Crawford was one of the executives who had been in charge of Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue.
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Mark Zuckerbeg Explains Why Tech Layoffs Are Happening. It's Not Because Of AI
Meta announced several rounds of layoffs as part of Mark Zuckerberg's "year of efficiency" in which thousands of employees lost their jobs in the past few months.
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Layoffs In US Soared 98% In 2023 And It Could Get Worse This Year, Report Claims
US companies planned 721,677 job cuts last year, a 98% jump from 363,832 layoffs reported in 2022, a new report published by professional outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas has revealed.
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"Terrifying": Ex-Meta Employee Struggles To Find Job 200 Days After Being Laid Off
The company has slashed around 21,000 jobs since November 2022 as it has sought to reassure investors that it was reining in costs amid waning revenue growth, high inflation and concerns that Reality Labs was losing too much money.
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Meta To Lay Off Staff In Reality Labs Silicon Unit Today: Report
Meta is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Happy Hours, Haircuts: Meta Morale Gets A Boost After Layoffs
Meta Platforms Inc. employees are slowly starting to enjoy coming into the office more, bouncing back from a morale crisis that set in after 20,000 of their teammates were laid off over the past year.
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Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off Hundreds From Global Recruitment Team
Alphabet is the first "Big Tech" company to lay off employees this quarter, after peers like Meta, Microsoft and Amazon.
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Have Faith In Mark Zuckerberg's Leadership? 70% Facebook Employees Say No
Employee morale at the tech giant has plummeted after months of turmoil, including several rounds of layoffs resulting in more than 21,000 cuts, budget reduction and strategy changes as part of Mr Zuckerberg's plans for a "year of efficiency".
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"Cruelest Company": Meta Employees Slam Layoffs, Say Move Was Not "Performance Driven"
Despite Meta's claims of "performance-based layoffs," several employees allege they were terminated despite having a history of meeting performance expectations.
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Meta Employee Laid Off After Returning From Maternity Leave: "I Was Blindsided"
In a LinkedIn post, Ms Safner shared her shock and disappointment, suggesting that Meta may have targeted employees who had recently taken leaves.
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Meta Starts Eliminating Jobs in Shift to Find AI Talent
Meta has started notifying “low-performers” that they are being laid off. The company is scouring for new talent to dominate the AI race. The company is offering US-based employees severance packages that include 16 weeks of salary, in addition two weeks for each year of service.
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Meta Prepares for Layoffs on Monday, Circulates Internal Memo
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week. Employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from the cuts "due to local regulations," while those in more than a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia and Africa will receive their notifications between February 11 and February 18.
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Meta To Start Layoffs Globally From Next Week: Report
Facebook owner Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week while pushing ahead with the expedited hiring of machine learning engineers, it told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters on Friday.
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Meta Lays Off Employees Across Units, At WhatsApp And Instagram: Report
Meta is laying off employees across units including Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs, the Verge reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Meta Looking to Hire Generative AI-Focused Workers on Metaverse Team After Layoffs
Meta is looking to hire employees to expand its foray in the generative AI space, as part of its metaverse team. As per a new job listing, could integrate GenAI with its metaverse-related efforts, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) elements – that together make for components of the metaverse
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Ex-Twitter Employee Who Went Viral For Sleeping On Floor Hired By Meta
Ms Crawford was one of the executives who had been in charge of Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue.
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Mark Zuckerbeg Explains Why Tech Layoffs Are Happening. It's Not Because Of AI
Meta announced several rounds of layoffs as part of Mark Zuckerberg's "year of efficiency" in which thousands of employees lost their jobs in the past few months.
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Layoffs In US Soared 98% In 2023 And It Could Get Worse This Year, Report Claims
US companies planned 721,677 job cuts last year, a 98% jump from 363,832 layoffs reported in 2022, a new report published by professional outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas has revealed.
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"Terrifying": Ex-Meta Employee Struggles To Find Job 200 Days After Being Laid Off
The company has slashed around 21,000 jobs since November 2022 as it has sought to reassure investors that it was reining in costs amid waning revenue growth, high inflation and concerns that Reality Labs was losing too much money.
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Meta To Lay Off Staff In Reality Labs Silicon Unit Today: Report
Meta is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Happy Hours, Haircuts: Meta Morale Gets A Boost After Layoffs
Meta Platforms Inc. employees are slowly starting to enjoy coming into the office more, bouncing back from a morale crisis that set in after 20,000 of their teammates were laid off over the past year.
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Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off Hundreds From Global Recruitment Team
Alphabet is the first "Big Tech" company to lay off employees this quarter, after peers like Meta, Microsoft and Amazon.
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Have Faith In Mark Zuckerberg's Leadership? 70% Facebook Employees Say No
Employee morale at the tech giant has plummeted after months of turmoil, including several rounds of layoffs resulting in more than 21,000 cuts, budget reduction and strategy changes as part of Mr Zuckerberg's plans for a "year of efficiency".
