Meta began layoffs for U.S. workers at 5 a.m. PT on Monday, letting workers know if they were still employed via emails. The job cuts affected 5% of Meta’s 72,000-person global workforce, or about 3,600 employees, and were framed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a way to move out low performers at the company.
However, a new report from Business Insider found some affected workers had a track record of high achievement, performing well in their 2024 midyear reviews before suddenly being downgraded to a lower tier in Meta’s 2024 year-end performance review system.
Business Insider interviewed eight laid-off employees who told the outlet that they received mid-level “At or Above
→ Continue reading at Entrepreneur