Meta to Lay Off 8,000 Employees, Close 6,000 Open Job Listings

Meta plans to cut about 8,000 jobs and remove 6,000 open roles, with the reductions expected to be finalized next month.

A company memo says the move is part of Meta’s shift to invest more heavily in artificial intelligence.

The cuts follow earlier layoffs in Reality Labs and the closure of several VR studios.

The changes affect roughly 10% of Meta’s workforce and signal a broader reallocation away from staffing and VR priorities.