Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will conduct 'performance terminations' this week and cut roughly 5% of its staff.

Meta has announced another round of layoffs, affecting 3,600 workers, as part of its strategic shift toward AI.

Meta notified employees affected by the layoffs beginning at 5:00 a.m. m. today, via a memo sent by Chief People Officer Janelle Gale

Meta layoffs 2025 are set to impact around 3,600 employees, marking another major job cut by the tech giant. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has emphasized the need for a high-performing workforce, with layoffs targeting underperforming employees.

Meta has kicked off a major redundancy process today, one that is likely to affect around 5% of its global workforce. This means roughly 3,700 employees will be losing their jobs.

Perhaps the biggest threat to our jobs isn’t AI—but other, more talented people. Or so seems to be the case with Meta’s latest batch of layoffs.

Meta Layoffs are happening in some areas. But they are also hiring more machine learning engineers to boost its AI capabilities. The business is employing machine learning engineers more quickly.