Meta’s “year of efficiency” is starting to affect the morale of some employees at the company. On Wednesday, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram started carrying out another round of job cuts following mass layoffs in November, reportedly affecting 4,000 employees this time. And some workers took to internal company chats to vent their frustration of the changing environment at the tech giant.
"You've shattered the morale and confidence in leadership of many high performers who work with intensity. Why should we stay at Meta?" one employee wrote, according to Reuters, referring to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s push last year for “increased intensity” to address the company’s challenges.
Representatives at Meta did not immediately return Fortune’s request for comment.
Several employees have also taken to LinkedIn to share news about getting laid off. Shawn Tzeng, a former senior UX researcher at Facebook, wrote in a post on Wednesday: “Along with many talented professionals, I was also affected by the Meta layoff today. I’ll miss my colleagues at Meta and the opportunity to impact billions of people globally.”
“Well, I guess it's my turn for one of these,” Thomas Panlilio, a former marketing insights researcher at Meta’s Reality Labs division, wrote in a LinkedIn post. “This morning I learned that I was impacted by the most recent wave of layoffs at Meta.”
The tech industry is now facing a reckoning after years of big salaries and competitive perks for employees. Meta is among the many tech companies that have slashed thousands of jobs in recent months to cut costs and streamline their business as they grapple with how they can keep costs under control while ensuring they continue to grow in the coming months. Google’s parent Alphabet cut 12,000 jobs earlier this year, while Microsoft slashed 10,000.
