Meta Faces Major Layoffs of Up to 16,000 Jobs Due to AI Investments

AI Meta Plans Mass Layoffs: Up to 16,000 Jobs at Stake Jakob Steinschaden , co-written by newsrooms.ai 15. March 2026, 14:28 Meta Offices. © Meta Platforms According to a Reuters report, the Facebook-owned company Meta is considering massive job cuts that could affect up to 20 percent or more of its entire workforce.

With recently nearly 79,000 employees, this would mean the elimination of around 15,000 to 16,000 jobs. The background is Meta’s multi-billion-dollar bet on artificial intelligence, which is putting the company under enormous cost pressure.

What is known so far Three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that leadership has already begun internal planning for the job cuts. Top executives are said to have informed other senior employees about the plans and asked them to identify concrete cost-saving opportunities.

An exact date for the layoffs has not yet been set, and the final scale remains open. “This is speculative reporting about theoretical approaches.” (Meta spokesperson to Reuters) Should Meta actually target the 20 percent mark, it would be the largest layoffs since the so-called “Year of Efficiency” in late 2022 and early