Meta Delays Setting Team Budgets As Facebook Parent Plans Fresh Round Of Layoffs

Last Update: February 12, 2023, 09:09 IST

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside normal business hours.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside normal business hours.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc has delayed finalizing the budgets of several teams as it prepares a new round of job cuts, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc has delayed finalizing the budgets of several teams as it prepares a new round of job cuts, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.

The FT reported, citing two Meta employees familiar with the situation, that there had been a lack of clarity in recent weeks about the budget and future workforce.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside normal business hours.

Earlier this month, Meta announced it expected its 2023 expenses to be between $89 billion and $95 billion, a period CEO Mark Zuckerberg called “the year of efficiency.”

The owner of WhatsApp cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, in November after tech companies such as Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp announced thousands of layoffs due to the economic downturn.

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