Meta has filed 11 WARN notices across 4 states, affecting 3,413 workers. Filings are concentrated in New York, Prineville, and King County. Of these, 3 involved facility closures and 7 were layoff events. Filing dates range from Jun 24, 2025 through Aug 20, 2026. Meta provided an average of 84 days notice before the effective date of these filings. The May 22, 2026 filing for 1,395 workers in King County is the second largest filed in Washington in 2026 and larger than 99 percent of WARN filings nationally. King County accounts for 51% of affected workers. Filings in the most recent quarter were higher than the prior quarter, with 4 compared to 2.
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 | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Provided | NJ | 74 | 2026-08-20 | 2026-08-20 | |
| King County | WA | Layoff | 1,395 larger than 99% of filings |
2026-07-22 | 2026-05-22 |
| New York | NY | Layoff | 417 larger than 95% of filings |
2026-08-20 | 2026-05-20 |
| New York | NY | Layoff | 354 larger than 95% of filings |
2026-08-20 | 2026-05-20 |
| New York | NY | Layoff | 389 larger than 95% of filings |
2026-08-20 | 2026-05-20 |
| Seattle | WA | Layoff | 168 | 2026-05-08 | 2026-03-31 |
| King County | WA | Layoff | 331 | 2026-03-20 | 2026-01-19 |
| Seattle | WA | Layoff | 101 | 2025-12-22 | 2025-10-23 |
| Prineville | OR | Closure | 52 | 2025-11-21 | 2025-06-24 |
| Prineville | OR | Closure | 51 | 2025-11-07 | 2025-06-24 |
If you received a layoff notice from Meta, the WARN Act requires your employer to provide 60 days advance written notice before a mass layoff or plant closing. If your employer gave less than 60 days notice, you may be entitled to back pay and benefits for each day of the shortfall. File for unemployment insurance with your state workforce agency as soon as possible. Review your COBRA options to continue health coverage for up to 18 months. Visit your local America's Job Center for free career counseling and retraining vouchers. These programs exist for exactly this situation.
Find your state's unemployment insurance program and apply online. You may be eligible before your last day.
Continue your employer health plan for up to 18 months, or compare lower-cost options on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Employers with 100 or more employees must give 60 days written notice before mass layoffs or plant closings.
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All data on this site is sourced from official WARN Act filings published by state workforce agencies. Filings are updated regularly but may not reflect same-day submissions. Coverage varies by state.
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Across 10 filings where both a notice date and a layoff date are published, the median gap was 77 days. 1 of 10 (10 percent) fell short of the 60 days the WARN Act requires.
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