# Facebook parent company Meta plans to cut 10% of its workforce.

*genai, business · news · 2026-05-19 · The Financial Express*

## Key points

- Meta will cut 10% of its workforce starting May 20, affecting nearly 8,000 employees globally.
- Around 7,000 Meta employees will be reassigned to new AI-related initiatives as part of the restructuring.
- Several managerial roles will be eliminated, and new AI native design principles will reshape company structures.
- Meta is using mouse-tracking software to train AI, raising privacy concerns among over 1,000 petitioning employees.
- New teams like Applied AI Engineering and Agent Transformation Accelerator XFN will focus on replacing human tasks with AI agents.

**Companies:** Meta
**Countries:** United States

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