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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Niloy Chakrabarti

Meta Layoff Fears Push Employee to Delay Having Children: 'Family Planning Seems Absurd'

Meta Platforms layoff trends appear to be gaining momentum amid the AI race. (Credit: https://www.pexels.com/@mikhail-nilov/)

For years, Meta Platforms has promoted itself as one of Silicon Valley's most desirable employers, offering generous salaries, stock awards, and extensive employee benefits. However, following multiple rounds of layoffs, with the latest affecting 3,600 jobs amid an ongoing organisational restructuring, some employees feel like they have been pushed to the limit, with uncertainty so high that it is now influencing deeply personal life decisions.

Low employee morale at Meta appears to have hit rock bottom after a worker revealed anonymously on the workplace platform Blind that she cannot plan kids due to the constant fear of layoffs.

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