Meta announced plans to reduce the number of employees by 10 percent, or approximately 8,000 workers, in order to increase spending on artificial intelligence.
According to an internal memo published by Bloomberg, the company said it was “necessary to run the company more efficiently and to offset other investments we have.”
Usually, memos of this magnitude are written by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, but in this case it was attributed to Chief Human Resources Officer Janet Gale.
“This is not an easy compromise and will mean letting go of people who have made significant contributions to Meta during their time here,” she added.
Employees won’t know who will be fired until May 20, when Meta will contact those affected, he said.Andt“.
