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Meta to cut about 8,000 jobs globally starting from Singapore, reassign around 7,000 staff to new AI focused roles.
Meta will cut approximately 8,000 jobs globally, starting layoffs from Singapore.
KEY POINTS
- Nearly 7,000 Meta employees will be reassigned to new AI-focused roles during restructuring.
- Meta will not fill almost 6,000 open positions, effectively eliminating 14,000 roles in total.
- Affected Meta employees were notified by a 4 AM HR email about their layoff or reassignment.
- Over 1,000 Meta staff have petitioned against using employee device data for AI training purposes.
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