Overview
- Reuters reported that senior executives instructed leaders across Meta to prepare plans for potential workforce reductions of up to 20% of the roughly 79,000 employees.
- A Meta spokesperson characterized the coverage as speculative, and no timeline or final headcount figure has been determined.
- A reduction of that size would eliminate more than 15,000 roles and could bring total headcount near 63,000, the lowest since 2021, according to outside analysis.
- The planning comes alongside major spending on artificial intelligence and data centers, including recent AI startup acquisitions such as Moltbook and Manus.
- Meta shares rose roughly 3% in early trading after the reports, following earlier 2026 cuts at Reality Labs and broader reductions during the 2022–23 “year of efficiency.”