US Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, Management and Software Engineers Most Affected

en.Wedoany.com Reported - Social media company Meta cut approximately 8,000 jobs last month. A newly disclosed document reveals the job titles of 4,665 affected employees in California and Washington state, with management roles and software engineers being the hardest hit groups in this round of layoffs.

Among the layoff list in the document, management positions accounted for over 1,400, nearly one-third of the total, with nearly half being software engineering managers. Individual contributor software engineers were the second most affected group, with nearly 1,000 layoffs. Additionally, 419 data scientist positions were cut, and 301 product management roles were eliminated. In comparison, marketing positions saw fewer than 100 layoffs, and sales positions fewer than 50. California is home to Meta's headquarters, while the Washington state office near Seattle is one of the company's largest offices.

Since 2023, Meta has targeted middle management in its layoffs. The company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stated at the time that he did not want the company to develop a culture of "managers managing managers." A Meta spokesperson, in response to related inquiries, said that the ongoing adjustments vary by team, including layoffs, closing vacant positions, and transferring thousands of employees to the company's key business priorities.

This round of layoffs comes as Meta is fully advancing its artificial intelligence strategy internally, for which the company has invested billions of dollars. Meta refers to some employees as "AI builders," reorganizes staff into small "pod" teams, and holds "AI Week" events. In April this year, Zuckerberg stated that the layoffs were intended to offset investments in AI, rather than being directly caused by automation itself.

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