Meta plans 8,000 layoffs

Meta is preparing another large round of job cuts, with reports pointing to about 8,000 positions, or roughly 10% of the company, starting May 20. (theinformation.com) The reported cuts would follow a smaller round in late March 2026, when The Information said Meta planned to lay off a few hundred employees across the company, including in Reality Labs, as part of an overhaul for “the AI age.” (theinformation.com) Meta entered 2025 with 74,067 employees eligible for its equity plan, according to its 2025 proxy filing, so a reduction of about 8,000 jobs would be close to one in 10 workers. (sec.gov) The company has been steering more money into computing capacity, the warehouses of chips, servers, and networking gear that train and run artificial intelligence systems. Meta told investors on January 28, 2026 that it expects 2026 capital spending of $115 billion to $135 billion, after spending $72.22 billion in 2025. (sec.gov) That spending push has become more concrete in recent weeks. Meta said on March 11 that it was expanding its Meta Training and Inference Accelerator chip program, on March 24 that it was partnering with Arm on new data-center central processors, and on April 14 that it was co-developing custom AI silicon with Broadcom. (about.fb.com 1) (about.fb.com 2) (about.fb.com 3) Meta has done this before on a larger scale. In March 2023, Mark Zuckerberg said the company would cut about 10,000 jobs and close about 5,000 open roles as part of what he called its “Year of Efficiency.” (about.fb.com) The business backdrop is stronger now than it was during that 2023 retrenchment. Meta reported $200.97 billion in revenue for 2025, up 22% from 2024, while total costs and expenses rose 24% to $117.69 billion. (sec.gov) Meta has not publicly announced the reported May layoffs on its newsroom page as of April 18, 2026. If the plan proceeds, the next signal will likely be employee notifications and any required filings or public statements closer to May 20. (about.fb.com)