Meta plans to push out thousands of “low-performers” next month, in Bay Area tech’s first massive job cut of 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg intends to push out and replace roughly 5% of the employees who’ve been at the Menlo Park tech giant long enough to go through the company’s performance review process,

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts are necessary as the company builds ‘the most important technologies in the world.’

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms plans to lay off about 5% of its workforce, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg warning of an “intense” year ahead. Meta had roughly 72,000 people, so a 5% reduction would mean a loss of 3,

Meta notified employees Tuesday that it plans to lay off the lowest-performing 5% of its staff, or roughly 3600 people. Why it matters: It's the third round of major layoffs at Meta in the past three years.

Meta is planning to lay off about 5 percent of its workforce by targeting the company’s lowest performers in preparation for what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said will be an “intense year.” Zuckerberg, in an internal memo to employees Tuesday,