Meta's reckoning has arrived

Early last year, Meta’s chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth told staff bluntly: "You should quit if you feel that way," and "You should consider working elsewhere." He reinforced the company’s new posture with "You can leave," "or disagree and commit." This month he sounded different, calling morale "probably one of the worst it's ever been," saying the company had done "an atrocious job" with its restructuring, and warning "We've undermined the trust you have that your specific expertise and contribution will be valued." Since 2022, Meta has remade itself around a ruthless management playbook that included mass layoffs and unpopular decisions.

The company cut 11,000 jobs in late 2022, another 10,000 the following spring, and 3,600 in 2025. A March leak about further cuts led to weeks of uncertainty before affected employees were notified in May, and in April the company announced it would start tracking keystrokes.

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