Meta's Engineering Culture Destroyed After Execs Planned 60% Layoffs
thedealdirector · x · 2026-08-26
Citing a report, Gergely Orosz reveals that Mark Zuckerberg and executives planned to lay off about 60% of staff despite record business performance. This aggressive decision is cited as the reason Meta is losing top engineers, morale is at rock bottom, and a 20-year-old engineering culture was destroyed overnight.
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