Before Mass Layoffs, Meta Reassigns 7,000 Workers to Focus on A.I. [View all]

Source: NYT

Meta told employees on Monday that it was reassigning 7,000 workers to focus on new initiatives around artificial intelligence, the latest change in a company transformation spurred by the powerful technology.

Employees will be moved to four new organizations focused on building new A.I. tools and apps, Janelle Gale, Meta’s head of human resources, said in an internal memo. The organizations will use “A.I. native design structures” and have fewer managers per employee than other parts of the company, she said, adding that company leaders will send details about the new roles on Wednesday.

The restructuring “will make us more productive and make ⁠the ​work more rewarding,” Ms. Gale wrote in the memo. Meta declined to comment further on the changes.

The reassignments were announced before layoffs of roughly 8,000 employees, or 10 percent of Meta’s work force, on Wednesday. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, employed more than 78,000 people at the end of 2025. It had told workers late last month that some of their jobs would be cut as part of Meta’s effort to be more efficient as it invested heavily in A.I. development.

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