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Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, began its round of global layoffs on May 20, with employees in Singapore the first to be hit with a notification at 4am, Bloomberg reported.
Employees elsewhere in the world are expected to receive notice early in their time zones.
About 8,000 jobs are expected to be cut globally.
The layoffs are expected to affect Meta's engineering and product teams, Bloomberg wrote, citing people familiar with the company's plans.
Meta also informed around 7,000 staff on May 18 of their reassignment to newly-formed teams focused on AI initiatives, including products and agents.
The May 20 layoffs are the first of more to come, with the next round expected to take place in the second half of this year, Reuters wrote.
Altogether, the layoffs this year could potentially affect 20 per cent or more of Meta's workforce.
Meta's headcount stood at just under 80,000 at the end of March, Bloomberg wrote.
According to Reuters, Meta's head of People, Janelle Gale, said in a memo to employees that as company leaders worked on organisational changes, they have incorporated "AI native design principles" into the new organisational structures.
"We are now at the stage where many orgs can operate with a flatter structure with smaller teams of pods/cohorts that can move faster and with more ownership," Gale wrote.
"We believe this will make us more productive and make the work more rewarding," she continued in the memo.
Meta's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has made AI a top priority, leading to changes to Meta's workplace operations, according to Bloomberg.
More than a thousand employees have signed a petition addressed to Zuckerberg and company leaders demanding that the company refrain from collecting data from their devices, including keystrokes and mouse movements, to train AI
Meta cuts about 8,000 jobs globally, S'pore workers first to be notified at 4am
Staff around the globe are expected to receive notice in their time zones.
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, began its round of global layoffs on May 20, with employees in Singapore the first to be hit with a notification at 4am, Bloomberg reported.
Employees elsewhere in the world are expected to receive notice early in their time zones.
About 8,000 jobs are expected to be cut globally.
Planned layoffs
The layoffs are expected to affect Meta's engineering and product teams, Bloomberg wrote, citing people familiar with the company's plans.
Meta also informed around 7,000 staff on May 18 of their reassignment to newly-formed teams focused on AI initiatives, including products and agents.
The May 20 layoffs are the first of more to come, with the next round expected to take place in the second half of this year, Reuters wrote.
Altogether, the layoffs this year could potentially affect 20 per cent or more of Meta's workforce.
Meta's headcount stood at just under 80,000 at the end of March, Bloomberg wrote.
AI integration
According to Reuters, Meta's head of People, Janelle Gale, said in a memo to employees that as company leaders worked on organisational changes, they have incorporated "AI native design principles" into the new organisational structures.
"We are now at the stage where many orgs can operate with a flatter structure with smaller teams of pods/cohorts that can move faster and with more ownership," Gale wrote.
"We believe this will make us more productive and make the work more rewarding," she continued in the memo.
Meta's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has made AI a top priority, leading to changes to Meta's workplace operations, according to Bloomberg.
More than a thousand employees have signed a petition addressed to Zuckerberg and company leaders demanding that the company refrain from collecting data from their devices, including keystrokes and mouse movements, to train AI
