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Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs, Invests $135 B in AI Labs

4/27/2026

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Meta Layoffs

Meta will cut about 8,000 jobs starting 20 May 2026 and leave 6,000 positions unfilled.
Affected employees will receive 16 weeks of pay, extra weeks per year, 18-month COBRA coverage, and career aid.
Meta plans to allocate up to $135 billion to Meta Superintelligence Labs, roughly doubling its 2025 capital spend.
Meta posted Q4 FY2025 revenue of $59.9 billion, EPS $8.88, net income $22.8 billion and a $0.53 quarterly dividend on 26 Mar 2026.

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Meta Surveillance

Meta will install screen-recording software that captures employee mouse movements and keystrokes for AI model training.
The move follows a month-long notice of a 10% staff cut, called “28 days of hell.”
New chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, formerly of Scale AI, leads the effort as workers fear AI agents will downgrade their roles.
Former HR leaders Libby Sartain, Laszlo Bock and Chikara Kennedy urge workers to network, not overwork.

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Meta Layoffs

Meta will cut about 8,000 jobs starting 20 May 2026 and leave 6,000 positions unfilled.
Affected employees will receive 16 weeks of pay, extra weeks per year, 18-month COBRA coverage, and career aid.
Meta plans to allocate up to $135 billion to Meta Superintelligence Labs, roughly doubling its 2025 capital spend.
Meta posted Q4 FY2025 revenue of $59.9 billion, EPS $8.88, net income $22.8 billion and a $0.53 quarterly dividend on 26 Mar 2026.

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