Meta's layoffs, affecting around 4,000 workers, surprised employees who had strong mid-year performance reviews yet were cut due to revised year-end assessments. Many were downgraded from "At or Above Expectations" to the lower category of "Meets Most," making them eligible for termination under a stated goal to reduce low performers. Despite the company's framing of cuts targeting underperformance, internal guidelines allowed for higher-rated staff to be included if managers failed to meet reduction targets, leaving many feeling blindsided and confused about their performance evaluations.
Many employees said they were caught off guard by their inclusion in the cuts, as this guidance had previously only been shared with managers, not with the broader workforce.
The job cuts stem from Meta's push to let go of roughly 5% of its lowest-performing employees, according to internal guidance sent to managers in January.
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