Meta has initiated another round of performance-based job cuts after announcing it via an internal memo last month. As Bloomberg reports, US-based employees being laid off were notified via email on Feb.

Social media company Meta Platforms has begun efforts to reduce its current staff by 5% and start fresh with new workers.

Meta has begun another round of mass layoffs, cutting approximately 4,000 jobs to streamline operations. The workforce reduction, which is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision to optimize company functionality, has left employees in shock, especially those who had positive performance ratings last year.

Meta Platforms began a round of layoffs Monday that will see the company cut 5% of staff, or roughly 3,700 workers. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo last month that the layoffs would target low-performing employees.

Following Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s mid-January warning to employees about raising performance standards and cutting 5% of the workforce, recent layoffs impacting approximately 3,600 workers have generated controversy.

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