Meta says it won't chop the bottom 5% performers this year

"Meta says it will not have a fresh round of performance-based layoffs, even as a smattering of online chatter has raised questions about whether the social media giant will quietly restart its performance-driven purge. "These are individual cases not related to any company wide initiatives," a Meta spokesperson told Business Insider when asked about a recent restructuring. "For example we are not doing any 5% low performers like we did last year.""

"That's a notable shift in tone from early 2025, when Business Insider reported that an internal FAQ circulating at Meta suggested performance-based job cuts could become an annual practice, with the company saying it "may use future performance cycles" to move out its lowest performers. Early last year, Meta cut 5% of its workforce, saying it was focusing on its lowest performers."

Meta denies plans to implement a new company-wide performance-based layoff program and characterizes recent exits as individual cases unrelated to any company-wide initiative. An internal FAQ previously suggested performance-based job cuts could become an annual practice and indicated the company "may use future performance cycles" to move out lowest performers. Early last year Meta cut 5% of its workforce, citing a focus on lowest performers. More recently, Meta reduced about 10% of its Reality Labs division, affecting over 1,000 employees. Online chatter prompted renewed questions about restarting performance-driven reductions.

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