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Meta spokesperson confirmed in a statement that some teams were
making changes to align with their long-term goals and location
strategy. Specific details on the number of impacted employees
wasn't disclosed.
“This includes moving some teams to different locations, and
moving some employees to different roles,” Meta said in a
statement. "In situations like this when a role is eliminated,
we work hard to find other opportunities for impacted
employees.”
The Verge, who first reported the layoffs, said cuts were made
across teams that include messaging service WhatsApp and
Instagram and Meta’s virtual reality technology unit Reality
Labs.
Among those affected was Jane Manchun Wong, a software engineer
known for discovering unreleased features in popular social
media apps prior to joining Meta in 2023.
Meta has had several rounds of layoffs to adjust its staffing
after it hired aggressively during the pandemic. Earlier this
year, it cut several jobs in Reality Labs after letting go of
11,000 employees in 2022. Last year, another 10,000 jobs were
cut as CEO Mark Zuckerberg deemed 2023 a “year of efficiency.”
"I’m still trying to process this but I’m informed that my role
at Meta has been impacted," Wong wrote in a public Threads post.
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