Meta lays off employees at WhatsApp and Instagram in line with ‘strategic objectives’ – PiEduNews

Meta said it had laid off some employees, including those at WhatsApp and Instagram, to realign resources toward “strategic goals.”

Meta said it had laid off some employees, including those at WhatsApp and Instagram, to realign resources toward “strategic goals.”

A Meta spokesperson confirmed in a statement that some teams are making changes to align with their long-term goals and deployment strategies. No specific details were released about the number of employees affected.

“This includes moving some equipment to other locations and moving some employees to other roles,” Mehta said in a statement. “When positions are eliminated in these situations, we work hard to find other opportunities for the affected employees.”

The Verge, which first reported the layoffs, said the layoffs had been made to teams including messaging services WhatsApp and Instagram and Reality Labs, Meta’s virtual reality technology division. .

Among those affected was Jane Manchun Wong, a software engineer known for discovering previously unreleased features in the popular social media app before joining Meta in 2023.

Meta hired aggressively during the pandemic and then had several rounds of layoffs to adjust its workforce. Earlier this year, it eliminated several jobs at Reality Labs after laying off 11,000 employees in 2022. Last year, another 10,000 jobs were lost as CEO Mark Zuckerberg deemed 2023 the “year of efficiency.”

“I’m still trying to process this, but I’ve heard that my role at Meta has been affected,” Wong wrote in a public thread post.

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