The CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, informed his employees through a memo about the decision to cut approximately 5% of its workforce this year. The entrepreneur warned that 2025 will be an intense year.
This measure comes amidst several major operational changes within Meta, aimed at building closer ties with the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, who will take office next Monday, January 20.
Why will Meta lay off its employees?
According to Zuckerberg, Meta is developing some of the world’s most advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, glasses as the next computing platform, and the future of social media.
For this reason, he has decided to improve performance management and streamline the process of firing underperforming employees, with the goal of retaining the best team.
“Normally, we lay off people who don’t meet expectations over the course of a year, but now we will make broader cuts based on performance during this cycle, with the intention of filling those positions in 2025,” he said in the memo.
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Meta’s CEO assured that not all employees who did not meet expectations during the last period will be fired, as long as the company believes these employees can perform better in the future.
How many workers will Meta lay off in 2025?
The company plans to lay off more than 3,600 employees this year.
What will happen to the employees who are laid off at Meta?
Employees affected by the layoffs will be informed before February 10 (or later if they are outside the United States) and will receive a substantial severance, following the terms the company has previously set.
How many employees does Meta have?
According to its latest quarterly report, the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg currently has more than 72,000 employees.
What is Meta?
Meta brings together the company’s applications and technologies (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) under a single corporate brand. Its goal is to make the metaverse a reality and facilitate connections between people, community-building, and business growth.
What changes will Meta make in 2025?
Recently, the company announced that it will modify its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram, replacing fact-checkers with “community notes” created by users, an approach inspired by the model implemented by X.
This follows consistent criticism of excessive censorship on its platforms. Automated systems, designed to detect policy violations, have made mistakes by removing posts that complied with the rules, affecting millions of users. According to Mark Zuckerberg, these mistakes are mostly due to minor violations detected by these algorithms.
To address this issue, Meta plans to reduce reliance on automated filters, focusing them on serious violations and relying on user reports for less relevant situations.
These changes represent a significant transformation in the way posts, videos, and other online content are moderated. While Mark Zuckerberg did not provide specific details on the implementation timeline, he assured that the new policies will simplify content rules and relax restrictions on topics like immigration and gender.
What are fact-checkers?
Fact-checkers analyze content, assess information, and determine its level of accuracy. This process is carried out independently from Facebook and includes activities such as contacting sources, reviewing public data, validating videos and images, among other tasks.
