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Meta will lay off 10% of its staff , or 10% of its staff
Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10 percent of its workforce
Meta is expected to lay off approximately 10% of its workforce](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/meta-microsoft-tech-ai-layoffs) this week – despite [record earnings](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/earnings-ai-boom-us-stock-markets) during the first three months of 2026. Workers
workers and graduates particularly hard. Several big tech firms, most of which are spending huge sums on building tools and infrastructure for AI technology, have made major job cuts this year. In April, Facebook owner
lay off [16,000](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/28/tech/amazon-layoffs-ai) employees, the latest round of sweeping layoffs on account of AI. In October 2025, The New York Times [reported](https://archive.is/20260203015543/https:/www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-plans-to-replace-workers-with-robots.html) that the company had plans