Meta Lay's off staff over performance

Performance-based layoffs at Meta
Facebook's parent company Meta made headlines this week for laying off 5% of its workers. While many big companies justify cuts by saying they need to trim costs or restructure to meet the changing future of their business.
Meta’s ‘low performer’ layoffs disputed by fired staffers and criticized by experts
Meta says its most recent round of layoffs was aimed at 'low performers,' but laid off staffers and experts have been questioning the company's methods.
Meta carrying out performance-based layoffs starting Monday, cutting 5% of staff
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will conduct 'performance terminations' this week and cut roughly 5% of its staff.
Meta layoffs have begun. Here's everything we know so far.
The social media giant has said it's taking a tougher stance on underperforming employees.
Meta layoffs begin targeting low performers. Roughly 5% of workforce to be replaced with new hires.
Social media company Meta Platforms has begun efforts to reduce its current staff by 5% and start fresh with new workers.
Meta Begins Layoffs, Targets 5% of Workforce
Meta Platforms began a round of layoffs Monday that will see the company cut 5% of staff, or roughly 3,700 workers. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo last month that the layoffs would target low-performing employees.
Meta’s recent layoffs take an unexpected turn
The first round of Meta’s job cuts kicked off on Feb. 10, and some employees who were let go are claiming that they were “blindsided
Meta lays off 4,000 ‘underperformers’: What we know so far
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has begun executing its latest round of brutal layoffs, cutting approximately 5 per cent of its workforce – about 4,000 people – in a move CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously framed as a drive for "stronger talent.
Meta layoffs: workers challenge Zuckerberg’s ‘low performer’ justification
Following Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s mid-January warning to employees about raising performance standards and cutting 5% of the workforce, recent layoffs impacting approximately 3,600 workers have generated controversy.
Meta Layoffs Controversy: Staff Say Performance Reviews Don’t Match Firings
Meta’s latest round of layoffs has sparked backlash from former employees who claim they were unfairly labeled as “low performers” despite receiving positive performance reviews. In mid-January, CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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Meta layoffs spark outrage: Employees call out Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘cold-hearted’ leadership, label the company as the ‘cruelest’ tech giant
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Meta Plans Layoffs for Monday
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Meta prepares for layoffs on Monday
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Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies
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Some Laid-Off Meta Staff Cry Foul as Pushback Spotlights Meta’s Harsher Side
Meta’s just the latest big tech company to lay off staff. But it may have handled things indelicately—and staff who were let go as part of a culling of “low performers” claim they’re high achievers.