Meta announces 8,000 layoffs, sends termination emails at 4 a.m. and monitors remaining staff for AI training.

AIMPACT message, May 21 (UTC+8): According to monitoring by Beating, Meta laid off 8,000 employees on May 20, 2026. Multiple employees reported that termination emails were sent en masse at 4 a.m. that day, following a prior company directive for all staff to work remotely. The layoff list included high-performing IC4 engineers with no PIP records—individuals who regularly slept less than four hours per night and frequently submitted code at 3 a.m. Computers of retained employees have been equipped with monitoring software. Internal employee Marco revealed that the company is tracking the operational patterns of remaining staff to train AI, with the goal of using these AI systems to further replace existing roles. Meta is currently experiencing record-breaking profits. Former employee Jeremy Bernier confirmed that the internal stack ranking system is still in effect, and numerous mid- and junior-level engineers burdened with mortgages, along with H1B visa holders, continue to be directly sacrificed as collateral for stock price increases after relentless overtime. (Source: BlockBeats)