Meta is shedding lots of of staff throughout its firm, in response to experiences from The New York Occasions, NBC Information, and The Data. The job cuts impression employees on Meta’s recruiting, social media, and gross sales groups, together with Actuality Labs, the division that develops the corporate’s sensible glasses and digital actuality headsets.
“Groups throughout Meta often restructure or implement modifications to make sure they’re in one of the best place to realize their objectives,” Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton says in an emailed assertion to The Verge. “The place potential, we’re discovering different alternatives for workers whose positions could also be impacted.”
Clayton declined to specify what number of roles are impacted. Meta had nearly 79,000 employees as of December 2025.

