Meta lays off 2,212 workers at Menlo Park headquarters as part of 8,000 global job cuts
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Matthew Brown
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Summary
Meta has laid off over 2,000 employees from its Menlo Park headquarters as part of a broader 10% workforce reduction affecting 8,000 workers globally. WARN filings reveal 2,212 workers cut at the main HQ, plus additional layoffs at Sunnyvale and other Bay Area offices. The cuts are part of the company's strategic pivot toward artificial intelligence.
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· 3 pulledNew records show thousands of Bay Area employees are on Meta's chopping block, all part of a 10% layoff announced last week expected to affect 8,000 worldwide.
Three WARN filings released Thursday reveal a larger swath of engineers laid off as the company pivots to artificial intelligence.
Affected employees include 2,212 workers at the company's headquarters at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park
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