Those spared latest Meta job cuts forcibly reassigned to AI roles
Meta is undergoing a significant workforce reshuffle, transferring 7,000 employees to AI-focused teams while eliminating around 10 percent of its workforce. The changes are part of a broader strategy to incorporate AI into the company's operations, with many employees reportedly having no say in their reassignment. This restructuring aims to create a flatter organizational structure, allowing for more agile and efficient teams.
- ▪Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to AI projects and eliminating around 10 percent of its workforce.
- ▪The changes will affect roughly 20 percent of Meta's approximately 78,000 employees.
- ▪Employees transferred to AI roles will work on developing AI agents to automate tasks previously done by humans.
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