{"id":25873,"date":"2023-04-21T17:05:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=25873"},"modified":"2023-04-21T17:18:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:18:22","slug":"meta-sends-home-more-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/meta-sends-home-more-workers","title":{"rendered":"Meta sends home more workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>After laying off 11,000 employees in November 2022, Meta, the parent company of the renowned social media platform Facebook, laid off approximately 4,000 employees yesterday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The downsizing affected technical teams working on Facebook, Instagram, Reality Labs, and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear which African countries were affected by yesterday\u2019s layoff, but the company has offices in South Africa and Nigeria, where some of its engineers work.<\/p>\n<p>Lori Goler, Meta\u2019s head of people, mentioned in the memo about the layoff that \u201csome countries will not be impacted\u201d but did not specify further.<\/p>\n<p>The memo mentioned that the notice of layoff would be communicated via email, so the employees were left in a state of uncertainty, anxiously waiting to possibly receive layoff notifications between 12 and 1 PM WAT yesterday, Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the uncertainty does not end here, as Meta has also planned another round of cuts for May, which will impact the business side of the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. After laying off 11,000 employees in November 2022, Meta, the parent company of the renowned social media platform Facebook, laid off approximately 4,000 employees yesterday. 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