{"id":405,"date":"2026-05-31T11:31:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2026-05-31T11:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:31:56","slug":"meta-lays-off-more-than-2000-from-menlo-park-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"Meta lays off more than 2,000 from Menlo Park headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New records show thousands of Bay Area employees are on Meta\u2019s chopping block, all part of a 10% layoff announced last week expected to affect 8,000 worldwide.<\/p>

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Three WARN filings released Thursday reveal a larger swath of engineers laid off as the company pivots to artificial intelligence. Affected employees include 2,212 workers at the company\u2019s headquarters at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, 313 workers at its 1180 Discovery Way, Sunnyvale, office, and 74 at its 12105 East Waterfront Drive, Playa Vista, office in Los Angeles County.<\/p><\/div>

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The largest layoffs appear to be software engineers in Menlo Park across Meta\u2019s biggest social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. These include major cuts to teams responsible for its business-facing AI products integrated in those apps, like BizAI and Core Ads. Elsewhere in the company, three chef positions were cut in the \u201cData Center & Pastry Culinary Team Group.\u201d<\/p><\/div>

In Burlingame, Meta continues to gut its Reality Labs staff, responsible for developing virtual reality and wearable tech. The company announced in April that it would be \u201cright-sizing\u201d that area due to little growth in the VR industry, though it\u2019s also cost Meta billions in revenue in recent years.<\/p><\/div>

The WARN filings, which are mandated by the state in the event of mass layoffs, say that Meta notified employees on May 20, and will separate by July 22. Severance will include 16 weeks of base pay, with an additional two weeks for every year employment, according to Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton.<\/p><\/div>

\u201cThe changes we are implementing vary by team and include layoffs, open role closures, and moving thousands of employees to business critical priorities across the company,\u201d Clayton said in an email.<\/p>

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