Irish-based employees at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, have begun receiving notifications about potential job losses following last month’s layoff announcement.
Staff facing redundancy started receiving emails this week, though Meta has not disclosed the number of employees affected in its Irish operations, which employ around 2,000 people.
In January, the company announced plans to cut approximately 5% of its "lowest-performing" staff globally. With Meta’s total workforce standing at around 72,000, this equates to approximately 3,600 layoffs worldwide.
Despite the cuts, Meta has stated that those made redundant will be replaced by new hires, meaning the company's overall headcount will remain unchanged.
"I've decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster," chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in the memo to staff last month.
"We typically manage out people who aren't meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we're going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle," the memo stated.
"This means we are aiming to exit approximately another 5% of our current employees who have been with the company long enough to receive a performance rating," it added.
In recent years, Meta has cut around 840 jobs in Ireland with redundancies in November 2022 and again in May 2023.
Staff facing redundancy started receiving emails this week, though Meta has not disclosed the number of employees affected in its Irish operations, which employ around 2,000 people.
In January, the company announced plans to cut approximately 5% of its "lowest-performing" staff globally. With Meta’s total workforce standing at around 72,000, this equates to approximately 3,600 layoffs worldwide.
Despite the cuts, Meta has stated that those made redundant will be replaced by new hires, meaning the company's overall headcount will remain unchanged.
"I've decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster," chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in the memo to staff last month.
"We typically manage out people who aren't meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we're going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle," the memo stated.
"This means we are aiming to exit approximately another 5% of our current employees who have been with the company long enough to receive a performance rating," it added.
In recent years, Meta has cut around 840 jobs in Ireland with redundancies in November 2022 and again in May 2023.
