Meta company is laying off twenty percent of its employees

According to the latest data from the international Reuters news agency, the world-renowned Meta company is discussing plans to lay off twenty percent or even more of its employees. Zamin.uz reported on this matter.

This process coincides with the period when the company is allocating significant funds to the field of artificial intelligence. Currently, Meta is significantly increasing expenditures to develop digital infrastructure, finance new technological projects, and implement advanced artificial intelligence systems.

According to a report from the tech journalism publication Techcrunch, as of December 31 last year, more than seventy-nine thousand specialists were working at Meta, the group that owns Facebook. If the company implements layoffs on the announced scale, the future of tens of thousands of employees may remain uncertain.

However, according to Meta officials, current data is based only on preliminary estimates, and no final decision has yet been made. This event coincides with a period when major technology giants are attempting to partially replace human labor through the development of artificial intelligence.

Many experts emphasize that the implementation of automated systems is changing labor force requirements. At the same time, critics remind us that some companies are using artificial intelligence as an excuse to cut all costs or reorganize departments that previously expanded excessively.

Meta has also conducted several large-scale layoffs in recent years. In November 2022, twenty thousand employees were dismissed from the company, and subsequently in March 2023, it was announced that another ten thousand workers would be let go.

News of new layoffs indicates that, even though Meta continues to invest in artificial intelligence, the company is striving for strict cost control and financial pressure remains high. This situation prompts serious reflection on the future of the workforce in the digital world.