Meta is laying off 10 percent of its employees

Meta plans to lay off about 10% of its employees in May, according to a memo from Janelle Gill, the company’s chief people officer. Published before Bloomberg. This means that nearly 8,000 people will see their jobs cut. Meta will also close about 6,000 open positions, according to Gale.

The cuts come in the wake of Meta’s significant investments in… Amnesty Internationalincluding spending huge sums of money on Hire the best talent and Building data centers. Company expectations In January It will spend between $115 billion to $135 billion in capital expenditures in 2026 – a significant increase from its $72.22 billion capital expenditures for 2025. This increase is intended to “support the efforts of Meta Superintelligence Labs and our core businesses.” Earlier this year, it was announced dead Layoffs affect Hundreds of employees across recruitment, social media and sales teams, in addition to impactful cuts About 10 percent From the Reality Labs section.

Gale wrote that Meta “is doing this as part of our ongoing efforts to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset other investments we make. This is not an easy trade-off and will mean cutting people who have made meaningful contributions to Meta during their time here.” Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton confirmed this Bloomberg The report was accurate, but he refused to comment.

Affected employees will be notified on May 20. “I know this leaves everyone in the dark for about a month and it’s very concerning,” Gale said, noting that “since we’re still working out the details, we won’t be able to share more until later in May.”

Reuters I mentioned Last week Meta was targeting May 20 for layoffs, also saying that further cuts were planned for the second half of 2026. In March, Reuters He wrote that he was dead He was thinking Laying off 20 percent (or more) of the company.