Meta Announces 10% Global Workforce Reduction, Affecting 8,000 Employees

New York. Meta has announced a 10 percent reduction in its global workforce, affecting approximately 8,000 employees.

This employee reduction, which began on Wednesday, will be carried out in three phases. Information began to be provided to affected employees starting at 4 AM local time.

Employees affected by the reduction so far are primarily from the company's 'Integrity Team'. These employees work to remove harmful content and hate speech. Additionally, those losing their jobs include members of the cybersecurity team and content creation and design departments. 

According to Meta representatives, affected employees in the United States will receive 16 weeks of severance pay. In addition, an additional two weeks of extra payment will be given for each year worked at the company.

Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, has canceled plans to hire an additional 6,000 employees and stated that another 7,000 employees will be transferred to other departments.

This step has been taken amidst news of declining employee morale within the company. According to The Wall Street Journal, a controversy arose after Meta launched a program to track employee activity for training its own AI models. According to the newspaper, more than 1,500 employees have signed a petition demanding that the company not collect their data. According to an unnamed employee, employee morale has decreased due to the feeling that