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A tough time for big tech workers continues:
Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday in a written statement that the tech giant would lay off 10,000 more workers, adding to the 11,000 people it laid off back in November. Additionally, around 5,000 open roles that hadn't been filled yet will be closed. In other words, it's a hiring freeze on top of a large number of layoffs.
Zuckerberg acknowledged the cuts in a blog post updating Meta's "Year of Efficiency."
This will be tough and there's no way around that. It will mean saying goodbye to talented and passionate colleagues who have been part of our success. They've dedicated themselves to our mission and I'm personally grateful for all their efforts. We will support people in the same ways we have before and treat everyone with the gratitude they deserve.
Amid the layoffs, Meta has also announced that it is stepping away from NFTs to focus on other projects.
According to TechCrunch, Meta's employee head-count came in at around 76,000 after November's layoffs. In the aftermath of this week's job cuts, that would bring the count down to around 66,000.
This is, unfortunately, just part of a wider trend in the world of big tech. Other tech firms of varying sizes like Lyft, Groupon, Vimeo, and Microsoft have all laid off workers in the last year due to broader economic difficulties.
Previously: Meta Employees Brace for Layoffs Ahead of Zuckerberg's Paternity Leave
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Thursday March 16 2023, @09:08AM (2 children)
I gather it is even worse. Most of the (few) people in there are young kids, or spectators waiting for something interesting to happen (it doesn't).
(Score: 3, Funny) by MIRV888 on Thursday March 16 2023, @03:25PM (1 child)
Definitely lots of young kids. Which as a grown man was profoundly creepy.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday March 16 2023, @06:03PM
A friend pointed out the possible issues with kiddo being in a chat room on VR. Kiddo wasn't left alone with the VR headset, but we've since decided "No Home Environment" multiplayer kinds of things. Kiddo likes going around and playing in the SteamVR Home "Environment" scenarios. I was able to play games while kiddo was playing VR on the same computer. What wasn't to love about that. Most of the time it was a bunch of kids yelling random things at each other.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"