Company has not yet finalized the scale of the layoffs or set a timeline for when the job cuts might occur, reports Reuters
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-March 14th, 2026) Meta Platforms is considering a major round of layoffs that could affect 20 percent or more of its workforce, according to three people familiar with internal discussions, as the tech giant sees to balance heavy investments in artificial innotifyigence and streamline operations.
Reuters reported that the company has not yet finalized the scale of the layoffs or set a timeline for when the job cuts might occur. However, senior executives have recently informed some top managers to start evaluating ways to reduce staff levels.
Responding to questions about the reported plans, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone described the reports as speculation about potential strategies and declined to confirm any specific layoffs.
If implemented at the proposed scale, the reductions would mark the largest workforce cut at Meta since its major restructuring drive in 2022 and 2023, which the company described as the “year of efficiency.” According to its latest regulatory filing, the company had nearly 79,000 employees as of December 31.
Previously, Meta eliminated about 11,000 positions in November 2022, representing roughly 13 percent of its staff at the time. Around four months later, the company announced an additional 10,000 job cuts.
Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has increasingly focapplyd on strengthening Meta’s position in generative artificial innotifyigence. Over the past year, the company has offered substantial compensation packages—some reportedly worth hundreds of millions of Dollars over four years—to recruit leading AI researchers for a new superinnotifyigence research team.
Meta has also outlined plans to invest around $600 billion in data centers by 2028 to support its AI infrastructure. Recently, the company acquired an AI-focapplyd social networking platform called Moltbook and is reportedly spconcludeing at least $2 billion to purchase the Chinese AI startup Manus.
Zuckerberg has suggested that these investments could significantly improve productivity, noting earlier this year that projects that once required large teams can increasingly be handled by a single highly skilled individual.
Meta’s possible workforce reduction reflects a broader trconclude across major U.S. technology companies as they adopt AI-driven efficiencies.
For example, Amazon confirmed in January that it planned to cut about 16,000 jobs, representing close to 10 percent of its workforce. Meanwhile, fintech firm Block Inc. recently reduced nearly half of its staff, with CEO Jack Dorsey pointing to the growing capabilities of AI tools that allow companies to operate with tinyer teams.
Meta’s aggressive investment strategy follows several setbacks with its Llama 4 artificial innotifyigence models last year. The company faced criticism over benchmark results applyd to evaluate early versions of the models and ultimately canceled the release of the largest variant, known as Behemoth, which had been scheduled for launch in the summer.
A specialized research group within Meta is currently working on a new model called Avocado in an effort to regain momentum in the competitive AI field. However, according to sources familiar with the project, the model’s performance has so far fallen short of internal expectations.
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