Mark Zuckerberg is trying to offer Meta employees both reassurance and a reality check. As 10% of staff head for the exits, the CEO said in an internal message that he doesn’t expect more company-wide layoffs this year.
In a company-wide note, Meta’s CEO expressed his gratitude to everyone leaving the company as part of the tech giant’s cuts today. He wrote that it’s “always sad to say goodbye” to those who have contributed to Meta.
“I feel the weight of that, and I’m spending a lot of time making sure we manage this as well as possible,” his memo, which was first posted by the New York Times, reads.
Zuckerberg tried to assuage concerns that these cuts are only beginning, saying in the note that he doesn’t expect any additional “company-wide” layoffs this year.
That opens the door, of course, to more targeted cuts against specific parts of Meta, like its hardware division Reality Labs, which saw layoffs earlier this year.
Meta’s HR chief previously said Meta isn’t ruling out further layoffs and that she doesn’t know what the company’s ideal size is.
Meta declined to comment.
In the note, Zuckerberg also doubled down on AI, calling the field highly competitive and saying that while Meta is well-positioned to do well, success is not guaranteed.
He also said that staff have been saying they appreciate taking more ownership and executing their vision “with less bureaucracy and management to navigate,” which is in line with Meta’s renewed focus on small teams and AI-native “pods.”
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