Meta Layoffs Hit Sunnyvale Roles
- Meta disclosed California layoffs that will eliminate 74 Sunnyvale jobs on May 29 and 124 Burlingame jobs on May 22. - The Sunnyvale cuts appear in a March 30 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing and are listed as permanent eliminations. - The Bay Area reductions land as Reuters reported Meta plans a first global layoff wave of about 8,000 jobs on May 20 while lifting 2026 capital spending to $115 billion to $135 billion for artificial intelligence infrastructure (usnews.com) (edd.ca.gov)
Meta is cutting 74 jobs at its Sunnyvale office, with the layoffs scheduled to take effect on May 29. (sfgate.com) (edd.ca.gov) The Sunnyvale cuts were disclosed in a March 30 filing under California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification law, which requires advance notice for mass layoffs. The same filing listed 124 more job cuts at Meta’s Burlingame site, effective May 22. (sfgate.com) (foxbusiness.com) Together, the two Bay Area notices cover 198 positions, and state filings describe the jobs as permanently eliminated. Sunnyvale’s address in the notice is 1180 Discovery Way. (foxbusiness.com) (usatoday.com) The local cuts are part of a broader restructuring that Reuters reported will start May 20, when Meta plans to lay off about 10% of its global workforce, or roughly 8,000 employees. Reuters said additional cuts are expected later in 2026. (usnews.com) Meta’s spending plans help explain the timing. The company said in its 2026 outlook that capital expenditures would rise to between $115 billion and $135 billion, up from $72.22 billion in 2025, driven by artificial intelligence infrastructure and related costs. (datacenterdynamics.com) (finance.yahoo.com) Recent reporting has tied the California layoffs to Meta teams including Reality Labs hardware, sales, and recruiting. Meta has said in some cases it will try to place affected workers in other roles. (sightsinplus.com) (finance.yahoo.com) These are not Meta’s first California cuts this year. Reporting on the company’s WARN notices shows earlier 2026 reductions in Burlingame and Los Angeles, pushing the year’s confirmed California job losses above 500. (msn.com) (tpehub.com) For Sunnyvale workers, the immediate date is May 29. For Meta, the next milestone is May 20, when the broader layoff plan is expected to begin. (foxbusiness.com) (usnews.com)
