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Kevin Okemwa

Meta to trim 5% of its workforce, focusing on underperformers — Mark Zuckerberg says the move will "raise the bar" on performance management

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc.

Meta is making news again, but for the wrong reasons. The year is seemingly off to a rocky start, with major tech corporations announcing performance-based job cuts across their workforces. Last week, Microsoft announced performance-based job cuts across its departments, including the security division. The job cuts will reportedly impact less than 1% of Microsoft's workforce.

And now, Meta is joining the fray with plans to make performance-based cuts, slated to impact approximately 5% of its workforce based on performance. According to an internal memo exclusively obtained by Bloomberg, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg indicated:

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