According to a New York Post report, Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have told employees to work from home this week as they prepare to cut 4,000 jobs —part of a larger plan to eliminate 10,000 roles.
From The New York Post:
Facebook’s parent company told managers that announcements on the layoffs — part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to make the firm more efficient — would be made as soon as Wednesday, according to Bloomberg News.
Breaking AlertsDon't miss the stories that matter.Get Sean's breaking news alerts — free, direct to your inbox.The job cuts will affect positions at the flagship social network, Facebook, as well as Instagram, WhatsApp, and the Reality Labs virtual reality division, according to the report.
“It’s about to be Hunger Games out here,” one Meta employee wrote on the Blind social media app.
Meta told its managers that teams will be reshuffled and those who will remain with the company can expect to work under new supervisors, according to the report by Bloomberg.
The company has told its employees in the US and Canada that they ought to work from home if they can do so in order to process the news, according to Bloomberg.
“My partner works there and we are pretty worried,” a tech worker wrote on Blind.
Continue reading over at The New York Post:
Meta tells employees to work from home as it prepares to axe 10,000: ‘Hunger Games have begun’ https://t.co/h5SFi0MEoZ pic.twitter.com/dQvpcvHxZs
— New York Post (@nypost) April 19, 2023
