Zuckerberg warns ‘success isn’t a given’ after laying off 10% of Meta

Tech NewsZuckerberg warns ‘success isn’t a given’ after laying off 10% of Meta As Meta laid off 10% of the company Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the tech giant’s reorganization in a memo to employees.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., exits Los Angeles Superior Court, in Feb.Kyle Grillot / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 20, 2026, 6:58 PM EDTBy Emily LorschAs Meta cut 10% of its workforce on Wednesday — a move that had been anticipated for more than a month — CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the tech giant’s transition in a companywide memo.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Zuckerberg thanked the impacted employees, stressed the importance of artificial intelligence, assured workers there shouldn’t be additional cuts in 2026 and laid out some of his vision for the future. Along with the cuts, Meta is redirecting 7,000 employees into AI roles, NBC News reported Tuesday.“But success isn’t a given,” Zuckerberg warned. “AI is the most consequential technology of our lifetimes. The companies that lead the way will define the next generation,” Zuckerberg said in the note. The memo was posted on X by a New York Times reporter and a source familiar with the matter confirmed its authenticity to NBC News.A leak last month about upcoming layoffs prompted Meta executives to share, shortly before reporting first-quarter 2026 earnings, that the tech giant was gearing up to lay off around 10% of the company’s employees.The reorganization, which Meta first detailed in an internal memo in April, includes cutting about 8,000 employees and not filling approximately 6,000 open positions. Meta previously confirmed the April announcement’s authenticity to NBC News.The employees affected by this restructuring were informed on Wednesday.In April, Meta explained some of the calculus behind its shifting finan...