<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/meta">Meta</a> Platforms is laying off a few hundred people across multiple teams on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.</p><p><em>Reuters</em> reported earlier this month that Meta was planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20 per cent or more of the company's workforce and that top executives had signaled the plans to other senior leaders and told them to begin planning how to pare back.</p><p>Wednesday's layoffs were on a smaller scale. According to an earlier report in <em>The Information</em>, the cuts would affect Meta's Reality Labs division, social media teams and recruiting operations.</p>.Salesforce lays off 1,000 employees in new round of job cuts.<p>"Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they’re in the best position to achieve their goals. Where possible, we are finding other opportunities for employees whose positions may be impacted,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.</p><p>The Facebook parent is seeking to offset rising costs tied to massive investments in artificial intelligence, having forecast total expenses of 162 billion dollars to 169 billion dollars in 2026, and rising employee compensation as the company spends millions to hire top AI talent.</p><p>Meta had nearly 79,000 employees as of December 31, according to its annual filing.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/meta">Meta</a> Platforms is laying off a few hundred people across multiple teams on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.</p><p><em>Reuters</em> reported earlier this month that Meta was planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20 per cent or more of the company's workforce and that top executives had signaled the plans to other senior leaders and told them to begin planning how to pare back.</p><p>Wednesday's layoffs were on a smaller scale. According to an earlier report in <em>The Information</em>, the cuts would affect Meta's Reality Labs division, social media teams and recruiting operations.</p>.Salesforce lays off 1,000 employees in new round of job cuts.<p>"Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they’re in the best position to achieve their goals. Where possible, we are finding other opportunities for employees whose positions may be impacted,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.</p><p>The Facebook parent is seeking to offset rising costs tied to massive investments in artificial intelligence, having forecast total expenses of 162 billion dollars to 169 billion dollars in 2026, and rising employee compensation as the company spends millions to hire top AI talent.</p><p>Meta had nearly 79,000 employees as of December 31, according to its annual filing.</p>