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Mark Zuckerberg to lay off 5% of Meta staff

“I decided to raise the bar on performance management and fire poor performers more quickly,” the social platform CEO said, Mark Zuckerbergcited byagence Bloomberg.

Meta conducts annually the dismissal of the employees which do not meet the different platform requirements. “We will now make deeper reductions based on performance during this cycle,” the official said in an internal letter seen by Bloomberg.

According to the specialized agency, this decision, which will take effect at the beginning of February, will affect nearly 3,600 people out of a total of 72,000 employees by Meta. These employees will be replaced by more efficient people. Zuckerberg declared 2023 the “year of efficiency” for the company and announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs.

The decision to terminate the contracts of “low-performing” employees comes less than a week after the Californian company announced it would end its employee compensation programs. fact checkin order to further prioritize freedom of expression based on “community ratings”.

“We will return to our roots and focus on reducing errors, simplifying our policies and restoring freedom of speech on our platforms,” Zuckerberg emphasized in a video posted on his account Facebook.


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