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Unfortunately, your role has been eliminated as part of today's reorganization.
As a regular employee, you are eligible for the following severance offer:
Severance payment of 16 weeks, plus 2 weeks for every completed year of service, minus your notice period.
We know this is especially difficult for employees whose visa and work authorization are sponsored by Meta. The alumni portal has general immigration guidance to help address immediate questions.
Your badge has been deactivated, and your access to internal Meta systems will be removed this morning. If you are already in the office, please gather any personal items at your desk and head home.
We are grateful for your contributions. Your impact at Meta has been an important part of our story.
Sincerely,
Meta leadership
- These are the key excerpts from an email that thousands of Meta employees received. The email, obtained by Business Insider, landed in inboxes at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday as Meta began cutting nearly 8,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce.
Meta described the layoffs as part of its continued effort to run the company more efficiently and said the cuts would help offset major investments, especially its AI push.
The cuts come as Meta sharply increases spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company has forecast capital expenditure between $125 billion and $145 billion this year, more than double its 2025 spending.
For employees on visas, such as H-1B workers, the uncertainty is especially severe. They may have only 60 days to find a new sponsor or leave the country, even as the tech job market remains difficult.