Overview
- California notices reported Monday confirm Meta will permanently eliminate 124 roles in Burlingame and 74 in Sunnyvale with separations in late May.
- The cuts will hit sales, recruiting, and Reality Labs hardware teams, and some affected employees may be offered other roles inside the company.
- Meta is phasing out many traditional middle-manager roles as it adopts AI-native titles such as AI builder, pod lead, and org lead.
- Job-listing data cited in reporting shows a 12.3% drop in middle-manager hiring in 2025 compared with 2024, signaling a shift in who the company is bringing on.
- The Bay Area reductions follow January layoffs of about 1,500 in Reality Labs and further cuts reported in March, as Meta steers more spending and staff toward AI infrastructure.