Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp, and Instagram, is scheduled to implement another round of layoffs across its operations in Africa, Europe, and Asia starting Monday of next week. The company informed its employees of these plans in an internal memo that was seen by Reuters on Friday.
Notifications will be sent to employees who are being laid off starting at 5 AM local time on Monday in most countries, including the United States. This information was shared in a post by Meta’s Head of People, Janelle Gale. However, employees in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands will be exempt from the layoffs due to local regulations.
Notifications for employees in over a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa will be delivered between February 11 and February 18. Last month, Meta confirmed that it planned to reduce about 5% of its “lowest performers” and to refill at least some of those positions.
In the Friday memo, where Gale referred to the layoffs as “performance terminations,” she noted that, unlike previous company-wide layoffs, Meta intends to keep its offices open on Monday and will not provide additional updates on the decisions. Additionally, a separate memo by Peng Fan, the VP of Engineering for Monetization, mentioned the need for staff assistance with an expedited hiring process for machine learning engineers and other “business-critical” engineering roles.
This hiring process is set to take place between February 11 and March 13. Fan expressed gratitude in his post, stating, “Thank you for your continued support in helping us achieve our accelerated hiring goals and better align with our company’s priorities for 2025.”
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