Meta

TechnologyAI-Cited Layoffs
United States11 layoff rounds tracked
82,000

Total Jobs Cut

March 2026

Most Recent

21,000

Largest Single Layoff

Yes

AI Cited

Layoff Timeline

March 2026

700 jobs cut(1% of workforce)
AI-CITED

Reason: Laying off 700 employees while rewarding top AI executives

March 2026

16,000 jobs cut(20% of workforce)
AI-CITED

Reason: Funding $40-50B AI capex; massive workforce reduction

January 2026

1,500 jobs cut(10% of workforce)

Reason: Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI R&D

January 2026

1,500 jobs cut(10% of workforce)
AI-CITED

Reason: Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI infrastructure

October 2025

5,100 jobs cut

Reason: Year of Efficiency continued restructuring

January 2025

3,600 jobs cut(5% of workforce)

Reason: Move out the low performers faster

October 2023

600 jobs cut

Reason: Metaverse custom silicon unit restructuring

April 2023

21,000 jobs cut

Reason: Year of Efficiency; two rounds of cuts (Nov 2022 + Mar/Apr 2023)

March 2023

10,000 jobs cut

Reason: Macroeconomic conditions; flatten organizational structure

November 2022

11,000 jobs cut(13% of workforce)

Reason: First-ever mass layoff; metaverse pivot costs; post-pandemic ad revenue decline

November 2022

11,000 jobs cut(13% of workforce)

Reason: Post-pandemic advertising slowdown; metaverse pivot costs

About Technology Layoffs

843,338

Total industry layoffs

39%

AI-cited events

Sources

New York Times

Laying off 700 employees while rewarding top AI executives

MedhaCloud

Funding $40-50B AI capex; massive workforce reduction

Network World

Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI infrastructure

Computerworld

Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI R&D

Layoffs.fyi

Year of Efficiency; two rounds of cuts (Nov 2022 + Mar/Apr 2023)

TechCrunch

Year of Efficiency continued restructuring

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