Meta CEO tells employees he does not expect more company-wide layoffs this year | Technology News

2 min readMay 21, 2026 09:48 AM Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday that he does not expect more company-wide layoffs this year, according to a copy of the memo seen Reuters. He made the announcement on the ⁠same ​day the Facebook owner carried out a massive restructuring of the company, laying off 10% of its workforce globally and transferring 7,000 other employees to new initiatives ​related ​to AI workflows.
“I want to ⁠be clear that we do not expect other company-wide layoffs this year. I also ‌want to acknowledge that we haven’t been as clear as we aspire to be in our communication, and that’s one area I want to make sure we improve,” he said in the memo.
Employees left comments on his post quoting ⁠the words “company-wide” ⁠and “expect.”
“Things sometimes go ‘unexpectedly,’” one person wrote.
A Meta spokesperson declined to comment on the ⁠update.
The ‌changes are part of a far-reaching ​overhaul taking place at Meta this ‌year, as the company surges its AI investments in a bid to center AI agents ‌in both ​its product ​offerings ​and its approach to work internally.
In total, the layoffs and transfers announced this ​week are hitting about 20% of the ⁠company’s workforce. Some of the transfers have already happened, while in other cases employees are being notified on ‌Wednesday. Reuters ⁠previously reported that Meta was planning additional deep cuts for later this year.