According to Bloomberg, Meta concern plans to lay off approximately 10 percent. its staff, which translates into nearly 8,000 employees. The information was conveyed in an internal message to the team. The reductions are to enter into force on May 20.
But that's not all – the company also intends to resign from employing approximately 6,000 people. open positions that she had previously planned to fill.
Huge investments in artificial intelligence. Meta reduces employment by 10%.
The decision to make cuts is directly related to the intensive development of AI technology. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is devoting more and more resources to building infrastructure and acquiring specialists needed to create advanced language models and chatbots.
Meta has already announced record investment spending this year. In recent months, the company has also concluded multi-billion contracts with partners operating in the field of artificial intelligence.
AI is entering everyday work
Internally, employees are encouraged to use AI-powered tools, including: when writing code or performing other tasks. This is another signal that automation and artificial intelligence are starting to play an increasingly important role in the functioning of the company.
The memo prepared by Janelle Gale emphasized that the changes are intended to improve the effectiveness of the organization. As noted: “We do this to operate more efficiently and at the same time balance other investments we are making.”
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Uncertainty among Meta employees
The issue of layoffs has been causing concern among employees for months. Previous reductions have already affected, among others: Reality Labs department and other teams.
The company decided to announce the decision earlier because details of the plan had already started leaking to the media.
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A trend across the tech industry
Meta is not alone in its actions. Other large technology companies are also reducing employment while increasing spending on AI development, writes Bloomberg.
For example, Microsoft offered thousands of employees in the US to voluntarily leave their jobs — which shows that the entire industry is currently going through a similar transformation.
