Facebook and Instagram parent Meta will reportedly start notifying employees to be affected by performance-based layoffs on Monday, February 10, with terminations. According to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider, the job cuts span across more than a dozen countries.
Impacted workers will receive notification via their work and personal email addresses and lose access to company systems within an hour, according to Janelle Gale, Meta's vice president of human resources.
"For teams that have a teammate or manager exit on Monday, I understand this might be a difficult day, and there could be some disruption and short-term impacts on your day to day work," Gale wrote in the company's internal Workplace forum.
The cuts follow CEO Mark Zuckerberg's January announcement to "raise the bar on performance management" and quickly "move out low-performers," Business Insider reported. In January, the company announced plans to reduce its workforce by around 3,600 employees, accounting for 5% of its total staff. These latest job cuts come after Meta previously laid off 21,000 employees between 2022 and 2023.
Employees in several European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, will be exempt from Monday's cuts "due to local regulations" and will instead follow "local performance management processes," according to the memo.
The terminations will roll out in waves across different time zones, beginning with Asia-Pacific regions, followed by Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and concluding with North and Latin America. Some international employees will receive notifications between February 11-18.
Terminated employees will receive severance package information in their notification emails. They will retain their February 15 stock vesting and bonus eligibility if applicable, Gale's memo stated.
While affected employees cannot apply for internal positions during their non-working period, they may reapply to Meta after their final employment date. "Past performance will be considered while making a hiring decision," Gale noted.
The company does not plan to issue company-wide communications when notifications are complete. Managers will work with their leaders to provide clarity about organizational changes, though Gale acknowledged they "might not yet have all the answers to your questions."
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