Meta CEO tells employees he does not expect more company-wide layoffs this year | Technology News
2 min readMay 21, 2026 09:48 AM IST Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday that he does not expect more company-wide layoffs this year, according to a copy of the memo seen by Reuters. He made the announcement on the same day the Facebook owner carried out a massive restructuring of the company, laying off 10% of its workforce globally and transferring 7,000 other employees to new initiatives related to AI workflows. “I want to be clear that we do not expect other company-wide layoffs this year. I also want to acknowledge that we haven’t been as clear as we aspire to be in our communication, and that’s one area I want to make sure we improve,” he said in the memo. Employees left comments on his post quoting the words “company-wide” and “expect.” “Things sometimes go ‘unexpectedly,’” one person wrote. A Meta spokesperson declined to comment on the update. The changes are part of a far-reaching overhaul taking place at Meta this year, as the company surges its …
