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date: 2026-03-16
link: https://pxlnv.com/linklog/reuters-meta-layoffs-rumour/
title: Meta is to lay off 20% of Its staff shocker
cited: Nick Hear

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Because they over hired and want to spend the money on data centres for AI of course.

At this point the only way anyone should join Meta is with a healthy signing-on bonus and large salary. I wouldn't be looking at any stock options or promises that could be lost with redundancy or exit (particularly on UK employment laws)

> I do not know what is the right number of staff to run Meta's operations but, whatever it is, there has to be a better way of figuring it out than by luring tens of thousands of people to work for you with promises of a huge salary and benefits, then upending their lives some time later. They have rent or a mortgage; they might have a family depending on their income; their ability to remain in a country may depend on their having a job. Perhaps it could be beneficial for staff to bargain with their company in a more collective manner.