Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Said to Take Accountability for Overstaffing Firm Ahead of Layoffs

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly described broad cuts and specifically mentioned the recruiting and business teams as among those facing layoffs.

By Reuters | Updated: 9 November 2022 12:19 IST

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Said to Take Accountability for Overstaffing Firm Ahead of Layoffs

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Meta joins Twitter and Microsoft in an October layoff trend this year at big tech companies

Highlights

Meta's recruiting, business teams to face layoffs
Zuckerberg said to take accountability for his own missteps, overoptimism
Meta said to provide staff with four months of salary as severance

Meta Platforms Inc will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Zuckerberg appeared downcast in Tuesday's meeting and said he was accountable for the company's missteps and his overoptimism about growth had led to overstaffing, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter.

He described broad cuts and specifically mentioned the recruiting and business teams as among those facing layoffs, the report said, adding an internal announcement of the company's layoff plans is expected around 6am Eastern time (5:30pm IST) on Wednesday.

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The specific employees losing their jobs will be informed over the course of the morning, the report said.

Meta's head of human resources, Lori Goler, said employees who lose their jobs will be provided with at least four months of salary as severance, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Meta reported more than 87,000 employees at the end of September.

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The company declined to comment on the report.

The development comes after Twitter laid off half its workforce across teams ranging from communications and content curation to product and engineering following Elon Musk's $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,58,550 crore) takeover.

However, Bloomberg on Sunday reported Twitter was reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs, asking them to return.

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Microsoft also laid off around 1,000 employees across several divisions in October, according to an Axios report.

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