Meta; It laid off thousands of employees in the last months of 2022 and in 2023. According to the leaked question-and-answer correspondence, Zuckerberg’s answers to inculcate those still working at the company emerged.
Facebook changed its name to Meta in October 2021; that day is today, from being an ordinary social media company to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dreams he’s chasing. However, the uncontrolled growth experienced during the pandemic negatively affected Meta, as in every technology company, apart from that, the company’s insistence on the metaverse and loss of reputation increased the effects of the loss.
As a result, Meta is one of the companies that laid off the most people in the sector. To date, a total of 21,000 employees have been laid off due to the downsizing. Statements made by layoffs refer to Horizon Worlds, the metaverse universe for which Meta changed its name. Even the employees don’t believe had shown. This time, however, the leaks were made by those who were still working, not by those who were laid off.
Zuckerberg, who laid off 21,000 people as part of austerity policies: We are in a different world now, I made these decisions
Zuckerberg announced live that 11,000 people were laid off. April 2022, @CNBC
Mark Zuckerberg, who held a session to answer employee questions on Thursday morning, April 20, 2023. “We are in a different world now And I had to make some changes, but I made those decisions.” said. A day before Zuckerberg’s announcement, Meta laid off 4,000 more employees. Therefore, the tension experienced by the current employees due to previous layoffs had peaked.
On the other hand, Zuckerberg stated at the beginning of the year that 2023 It will be an “effective year” was expressing. Expressing that he understands the anger and disappointment experienced by the employees, Zuckerberg made the following words about the austerity policies:
“People want to know whose fault it was, they look for things to blame or mistakes. However, it is obvious that you cannot be in the ‘continuous growth process’ at some point, this is a natural situation. You want to change your strategies at that point where you are not in the rapid growth process. Last year was a warning signal and our growth was significantly slow – the first year our growth was negative on an annual basis. We will grow at a more normal rate in the future.”
Judging by Zuckerberg’s statements, the downsizing, back tightening policies and layoffs occurred unexpectedly. However, it is also natural for him to express that this unexpected situation is natural and expect understanding from his employees.
Meta, to every dismissed employee 4 months’ salary and 2 weeks’ pay per year worked until discharge making the payment. In addition, many tech giants are paying for the insurance payments of the laid-off people. for periods of 3 to 6 months continues to do.