Meta is planning to lay off 10% of its workforce in May, and more layoffs are planned later in the year, according to a report.
  • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35 minutes

    What is the actual issue with these layoffs? Why do they always get spammed around and everyone gets mad. Big companies churn employees whats the problem? Do we need to celebrate when they hire 10% back in the next month.

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
    3 hours

    is there a big seven lay off tracking website ?

    because i’m pretty sure they have laid off 123% in the last 13 months

  • NekoKoneko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    Banafa says he urges his students to use AI.

    “Don’t be left behind. I mean, if you see any kind of new tools in AI, any new projects by the big name, by OpenAI or Google, go and learn it. Get certifications, take classes that would make you in the front of the line when it comes to hiring,” he said.

    You can smell the misguided desperation from the person quoted through the screen.

    They’re laying off 10% of the workforce and simultaneously rewarding employees who waste as many AI resources as possible, including the one employee who burned $1.4 million in tokens in one month.

    It’s a contest in tech right now who can signal the hardest that they’re “AI-first,” and Zuck continues to show his lack of imagination and independent thought by lighting 10% of the company on fire to make the most smoke in a valley already choking on its own smoldering fumes.

    • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3 hours

      Don’t know if they can. If I’m recalling correctly he holds enough Class B shares to retain supermajority voting power.

    • No1@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3 hours

      Their AI must be shit if they can only lay off 10%.

      A good AI would let you lay off at least 50%

  • Lemmyng@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8 hours

    Shouldn’t have gone all in on the Metaverse, eh, Fuckerburg?

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
      30 minutes

      zuckerborg thought he could download the thoughts of humans into his robot body, but he doesnt have the technology to do so.

    • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
      8 hours

      Don’t worry, they’ve definitely hitched their horse on the right Next Big Thing this time!