Meta has filed 5 WARN notices across 2 states, affecting 2,069 workers. Most activity is in King County and Seattle. Filing dates range from Oct 23, 2025 through Aug 20, 2026. The May 22, 2026 filing for 1,395 workers in King County is the third largest filed in Washington in 2026 and larger than 99 percent of WARN filings nationally. King County accounts for 83% of affected workers.
The current year is incomplete; these totals are not a like-for-like growth comparison.
Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) is a social media and technology company founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. The company operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and is investing heavily in virtual reality through its Reality Labs division. Meta is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and employs roughly 72,000 people as of late 2024.
Meta had never conducted a large-scale layoff in its first 18 years as a company. That changed in November 2022, when Zuckerberg announced 11,000 job cuts, roughly 13% of the workforce and the first mass layoff in the company's history. He attributed the decision to overhiring during the pandemic e-commerce surge and falling ad revenue. In March 2023, Zuckerberg announced another 10,000 cuts as part of what he called the Year of Efficiency, which also eliminated 5,000 open roles. Smaller cuts continued through 2024 across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs teams. In January 2025, Meta announced plans to cut another 5% of workers through performance-based terminations, affecting roughly 3,600 positions.
Meta's track record with industry shifts is uneven. The company successfully adapted to mobile by redesigning its apps and ad platform between 2012 and 2014, a transition that initially spooked investors but ultimately drove years of revenue growth. Its bet on the metaverse, announced with a corporate name change in October 2021, has been far more costly. Reality Labs lost over $40 billion between 2020 and 2024. Zuckerberg has maintained the investment while simultaneously cutting costs elsewhere in the company.
Meta is pivoting from its metaverse focus toward AI. The company released its Llama family of open-source AI models and is building AI features into its social apps. Capital spending is rising sharply, with billions directed at AI data center infrastructure. Zuckerberg has signaled that 2025 will be an intense year, with continued emphasis on efficiency and performance management alongside heavy AI investment.
Last reviewed 2026-04-15| Location | State | Type | Workers | Effective | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Provided | NJ | 74 | Not separately reported Recorded: 2026-08-20 (source date) |
2026-08-20 (source date) | |
| King County | WA | Layoff | 1,395 larger than 99% of filings |
2026-07-22 Recorded: 2026-05-22 |
2026-05-22 |
| Seattle | WA | Layoff | 168 | 2026-05-08 Recorded: 2026-03-31 |
2026-03-31 |
| King County | WA | Layoff | 331 | 2026-03-20 Recorded: 2026-01-19 |
2026-01-19 |
| Seattle | WA | Layoff | 101 | 2025-12-22 Recorded: 2025-10-23 |
2025-10-23 |
If you received a layoff notice from Meta, check the dates in your own written notice and the applicable state rules. Federal WARN generally requires 60 days notice for covered events, subject to exceptions; a public filing does not establish your individual entitlement. Read the Department of Labor guidance. Review unemployment benefits, health coverage and local job-center support.
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Federal WARN generally requires 60 days notice for covered employers and qualifying events, subject to exceptions. State rules may differ.
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Data on this site comes from WARN Act filings published by state workforce agencies. Where a state does not publish a usable list, filings come from a third-party compilation and are marked on each row. Filings are updated regularly but may not reflect same-day submissions. Coverage varies by state.
News reports may describe a different time period, geography or company-wide announcement. This page contains 5 filings covering 2,069 reported workers in the last 24 months. Those figures cannot be reconciled with a headline alone. Use the individual source records above to check locations and dates; filings can include amendments and do not prove that all announced layoffs occurred.
Across 4 filings with usable paired dates, the median recorded gap is 60 days. This is date arithmetic, not a finding about notice received by workers or legal compliance. Source definitions, coverage and exceptions matter.
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