Meta lays off employees across multiple teams

Group 1 - Meta confirmed layoffs affecting multiple teams, including Threads, recruiting, legal operations, and design, to reallocate resources [1] - A spokesperson stated that the changes align with long-term strategic goals and location strategy, involving role eliminations and relocations [1] - Affected employees received severance pay, with reports of over a dozen layoffs occurring via video calls [1] Group 2 - In recent years, Meta has significantly reduced its workforce after aggressive hiring during the pandemic, laying off approximately 13% of its workforce (11,000 employees) in 2022 [2] - In 2023, Meta laid off an additional 10,000 employees and withdrew 5,000 open roles [2]