"Meta is not only laying off thousands of workers on Wednesday due to artificial intelligence, it's also moving thousands to new roles within the company. According to and The New York Times, Meta HR head Janelle Gale has notified employees that 7,000 of them will be moved to four new organizations focused on building new AI tools and apps. Gale reportedly wrote in the internal memo seen by the publications that the restructuring "will make [the company] more productive and make the work more rewarding.""
"The new organizations will use "AI native design structures" and will not have as many layers of management per employee, Gale reportedly wrote. She told employees to work from home on Wednesday, May 20, and to wait for Meta's email about their possible new roles, though some of the workers had already been transferred. The company will also be sending out notifications to some of the people that will be laid off that day."
"If you'll recall, Meta told employees in late April that it's cutting 8,000 jobs and will also be closing 6,000 open jobs. Gale reportedly told them in a memo at the time that it was "part of [Meta's] continued effort to run the company more efficiently" and will allow it to offset its other investments. While she didn't elaborate, Gale was most likely talking about Meta's bets on artificial intelligence."
"Meta is betting big on AI after winding down its plans for the metaverse, which didn't quite take the world by storm as it had hoped. It's planning to build data centers with "tens of gigawatts" within this decade. It created a "superintelligence" team of AI experts, with company chief Mark Zuckerberg even hand-picking potential recruits and inviting them to h"
Meta is laying off thousands of workers and relocating thousands to new internal roles focused on building AI tools and apps. Meta HR head Janelle Gale notified employees that 7,000 workers will be moved into four new organizations. The restructuring is intended to increase productivity and make work more rewarding. The new organizations will use AI native design structures and will have fewer management layers per employee. Employees are instructed to work from home on May 20 and to wait for emails about possible new roles, with some transfers already completed. Meta will also send notifications to some people being laid off that day. Meta is shifting resources toward AI after scaling back metaverse plans.
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