Meta layoffs 2025: Mark Zuckerberg gave a shock to the employees.. 5 percent job cut in Meta

There are reports that Meta Company is preparing to drastically cut jobs. It plans to cut about 5 percent, or 3,600 jobs, depending on performance. There was also a note from CEO Mark Zuckerberg to employees. Accordingly, affected employees will receive notifications by February 10.

In a memo sent to all employees, Zuckerberg said, ‘I have decided to increase the level of performance management. I want to remove poor performers quickly. We see employees who fail to meet expectations within a year. We are going to do performance based layoffs. he is.

META has approximately 72,000 employees as of September 2024. The 5 percent cut would affect at least 3,600 jobs. The META performance cycle ends in February. Employees in the US are expected to be informed about the layoffs on February 10, while employees in other countries will be informed later, the memo said.

Zuckerberg said that the fired employees will be replaced by new appointments in 2025. The company says the cuts are performance based and aimed at bringing in new people. When Meta cut 10,000 jobs in 2023, Zuckerberg declared that year to be an efficient year for Meta. Meta says they are making job-based cuts to strengthen the company.

There is a discussion that in a few days, when Trump takes oath as the President of America, Zuckerberg will take this decision. Recently some changes have also been made in the meta. Fact checking feature has been removed in America. Some people even say that Zuckerberg is planning to improve relations with newly elected President Donald Trump.