‘Creating Fear’: Meta Began Laying Off ‘Low Performers’ on Monday. Here’s a Look at How Those Decisions Are Made.

Meta has started performance-based layoffs affecting 5% of its 72,000-person workforce or around 3,600 global employees.

Laid-off U.S.-based Meta employees were notified on Monday, February 10 at 5 a.m. PT via an email sent to their work and personal email addresses. Employees in Europe and Asia were notified the day prior.

The Information reports that laid-off employees lost access to Meta’s internal systems within an hour and learned about their severance packages via email. Two sources told Business Insider that U.S. workers received a severance package that includes 16 weeks of pay, plus two weeks for each year at the company. The package is identical to the one received by Google

→ Continue reading at Entrepreneur

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

Markets are betting Trump’s bark is worse than his bite. Consumers are not | CNN Business

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. ...

Americans could pay a high price for Trump’s reciprocal tariffs | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  American buyers beware: President Donald Trump’s desire to get even on countries by matching tariffs...

Asian innovation makes its mark at CES 2025 | CNN Business

Chinese tech was out in force at the Consumer Electronics Fair in Las Vegas in January, part of a wave of Asian tech companies...