Meta is laying off thousands of employees, impacting nearly 20% of its workforce, while offering severance packages and reassigning over 7,000 staff to AI-focused teams.

Meta employees first learned that mass layoffs were coming in an internal memo shared in April, leaving them in a state of limbo for weeks.

Meta is slated to cut 10% of its staff this week. On Monday, its HR chief Janelle Gale gave staff a better idea of what to expect.

Meta starts fresh global layoffs affecting thousands as Zuckerberg pushes aggressive AI investments and major workforce restructuring plans.