{"id":19968,"date":"2025-01-14T18:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19968"},"modified":"2025-01-14T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T20:24:08","slug":"meta-to-cut-5-of-its-workers-in-new-round-of-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19968","title":{"rendered":"Meta to Cut 5% of Its Workers in New Round of Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The company said in a memo sent to its employees on Tuesday that the layoffs would be based on performance ratings.<\/p>\n

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Meta plans to lay off up to 5 percent of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers on Tuesday viewed by The New York Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,\u201d Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, said in the memo. \u201cWe typically manage out people who aren\u2019t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we\u2019re going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Zuckerberg said in the memo that workers whose roles were cut would be replaced by new hires in 2025.<\/p>\n

The layoffs came days after Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation policies. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, said it would no longer police certain types of hate speech, including allowing users of its apps to suggest that L.G.B.T.Q. identities are rooted in mental illness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meta also said it would stop fact-checking posts and promote political news in its Newsfeed, reversing several of its content moderation rules in preparation for the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald J. Trump has criticized Meta and other tech companies for what he describes as censorship of conservative viewpoints.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Meta declined to comment on the layoffs. Bloomberg earlier reported<\/a> on the cuts.<\/p>\n

In Meta\u2019s internal company message boards, employees asked whether the cuts would target specific groups, such as the L.G.B.T.Q. community or people of color.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven what we heard Mark say about D.E.I. last week, do we think these cuts are coming for people who don\u2019t have the masculine energy he is looking for?\u201d one Meta employee asked.<\/p>\n

Last week, Mr. Zuckerberg said the company was terminating its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, effective immediately. In an interview with the podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday, Mr. Zuckerberg also said that \u201cmasculine energy, I think, is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like, you want feminine energy, you want masculine energy,\u201d Mr. Zuckerberg said. \u201cI think that that\u2019s all good. But I do think the corporate culture sort of had swung toward being this somewhat more neutered thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a separate memo to managers viewed by The Times, Meta said that the cuts were to ensure the company had the \u201cstrongest talent\u201d working at the company, and that it would give Meta the ability to hire new workers. Managers were also told that those laid off would receive \u201cgenerous\u201d severance packages.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The company said in a memo sent to its employees on Tuesday that the layoffs would be based on performance ratings.Meta plans to lay off up to 5 percent of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers on Tuesday viewed by The New York Times.\u201cI\u2019ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,\u201d Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, said in the memo. \u201cWe typically manage out people who aren\u2019t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we\u2019re going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle.\u201dMr. Zuckerberg said in the memo that workers whose roles were cut would be replaced by new hires in 2025.The layoffs came days after Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation policies. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, said it would no longer police certain types of hate speech, including allowing users of its apps to suggest that L.G.B.T.Q. identities are rooted in mental illness.Meta also said it would stop fact-checking posts and promote political news in its Newsfeed, reversing several of its content moderation rules in preparation for the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald J. Trump has criticized Meta and other tech companies for what he describes as censorship of conservative viewpoints.A spokesman for Meta declined to comment on the layoffs. Bloomberg earlier reported on the cuts.In Meta\u2019s internal company message boards, employees asked whether the cuts would target specific groups, such as the L.G.B.T.Q. community or people of color.\u201cGiven what we heard Mark say about D.E.I. last week, do we think these cuts are coming for people who don\u2019t have the masculine energy he is looking for?\u201d one Meta employee asked.Last week, Mr. Zuckerberg said the company was terminating its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, effective immediately. In an interview with the podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday, Mr. Zuckerberg also said that \u201cmasculine energy, I think, is good.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s like, you want feminine energy, you want masculine energy,\u201d Mr. Zuckerberg said. \u201cI think that that\u2019s all good. But I do think the corporate culture sort of had swung toward being this somewhat more neutered thing.\u201dIn a separate memo to managers viewed by The Times, Meta said that the cuts were to ensure the company had the \u201cstrongest talent\u201d working at the company, and that it would give Meta the ability to hire new workers. Managers were also told that those laid off would receive \u201cgenerous\u201d severance packages.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19970,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19971,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19968\/revisions\/19971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}