Bay Area tech giant Meta intends to cut thousands of workers, as Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to cull "low-performers" quickly this year and then backfill.

Meta will soon lay off more “low-performers” across the company, according to an internal memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was shared by a source at the company. “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts are necessary as the company builds ‘the most important technologies in the world.’

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Mark Zuckerberg said Meta plans to make more extensive performance-based cuts." Staff have questioned how they will work in practice.

Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to cut about 5% of its lowest performers with the intent of backfilling their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to employees. “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,

Meta employed around 72,000 people, meaning the 5% reduction could impact roughly 3,600 jobs. Zuckerberg emphasized the need to "raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster.