Meta to fire thousands of staff as Zuckerberg warns of ‘intense year’

Meta, owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, is cutting about 5% of its global workforce, with its lowest-performing employees most likely to leave. In a memo to staff, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he had decided to "move out low-performers faster" ahead of what he called an "intense year". Meta employed 72,000 people at the end of September, so about 3,600 workers could be affected, and US employees are expected to be notified by 10 February.