1. 標題：Mark Zuckerberg’s Message to Meta Employees
2. 來源：Meta 公開訊息
3. 網址：https://about.fb.com/news/2022/11/mark-zuckerberg-layoff-message-to-employees/
https://bit.ly/3G1szsE
4. 內文：
Mark Zuckerberg just shared the following with Meta employees:
Today I’m sharing some of the most difficult changes we’ve made in
Meta’s history. I’ve decided to reduce the size of our team by
about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go. We
are also taking a number of additional steps to become a leaner and
more efficient company by cutting discretionary spending and extending
our hiring freeze through Q1.
I want to take accountability for these decisions and for how we got
here. I know this is tough for everyone, and I’m especially sorry to
those impacted.
How did we get here?
At the start of Covid, the world rapidly moved online and the surge of
e-commerce led to outsized revenue growth. Many people predicted this
would be a permanent acceleration that would continue even after the
pandemic ended. I did too, so I made the decision to significantly
increase our investments. Unfortunately, this did not play out the way
I expected. Not only has online commerce returned to prior trends, but
the macroeconomic downturn, increased competition, and ads signal loss
have caused our revenue to be much lower than I’d expected. I got
this wrong, and I take responsibility for that.
In this new environment, we need to become more capital efficient.
We’ve shifted more of our resources onto a smaller number of high
priority growth areas — like our AI discovery engine, our ads and
business platforms, and our long-term vision for the metaverse.
We’ve cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets,
reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint. We’re
restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. But these measures
alone won’t bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so
I’ve also made the hard decision to let people go.
How will this work?
There is no good way to do a layoff, but we hope to get all the
relevant information to you as quickly as possible and then do
whatever we can to support you through this.
Everyone will get an email soon letting you know what this layoff
means for you. After that, every affected employee will have the
opportunity to speak with someone to get their questions answered and
join information sessions.
Some of the details in the US include:
Severance. We will pay 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional
weeks for every year of service, with no cap.
PTO. We’ll pay for all remaining PTO time.
RSU vesting. Everyone impacted will receive their November 15,
2022 vesting.
Health insurance. We’ll cover the cost of healthcare for people
and their families for six months.
Career services. We’ll provide three months of career support
with an external vendor, including early access to unpublished job
leads.
Immigration support. I know this is especially difficult if
you’re here on a visa. There’s a notice period before termination
and some visa grace periods, which means everyone will have time to
make plans and work through their immigration status. We have
dedicated immigration specialists to help guide you based on what you
and your family need.
Outside the US, support will be similar, and we’ll follow up soon
with separate processes that take into account local employment laws.
We made the decision to remove access to most Meta systems for people
leaving today given the amount of access to sensitive information. But
we’re keeping email addresses active throughout the day so everyone
can say farewell.
While we’re making reductions in every organization across both
Family of Apps and Reality Labs, some teams will be affected more than
others. Recruiting will be disproportionately affected since we’re
planning to hire fewer people next year. We’re also restructuring
our business teams more substantially. This is not a reflection of the
great work these groups have done, but what we need going forward. The
leaders of each group will schedule time to discuss what this means
for your team over the next couple of days.
The teammates who will be leaving us are talented and passionate, and
have made an important impact on our company and community. Each of
you have helped make Meta a success, and I’m grateful for it. I’m
sure you’ll go on to do great work at other places.
What other changes are we making?
I view layoffs as a last resort, so we decided to rein in other
sources of cost before letting teammates go. Overall, this will add up
to a meaningful cultural shift in how we operate. For example, as we
shrink our real estate footprint, we’re transitioning to desk
sharing for people who already spend most of their time outside the
office. We’ll roll out more cost-cutting changes like this in the
coming months.
We’re also extending our hiring freeze through Q1 with a small
number of exceptions. I’m going to watch our business performance,
operational efficiency, and other macroeconomic factors to determine
whether and how much we should resume hiring at that point. This will
give us the ability to control our cost structure in the event of a
continued economic downturn. It will also put us on a path to achieve
a more efficient cost structure than we outlined to investors
recently.
I’m currently in the middle of a thorough review of our
infrastructure spending. As we build our AI infrastructure, we’re
focused on becoming even more efficient with our capacity. Our
infrastructure will continue to be an important advantage for Meta,
and I believe we can achieve this while spending less.
Fundamentally, we’re making all these changes for two reasons: our
revenue outlook is lower than we expected at the beginning of this
year, and we want to make sure we’re operating efficiently across
both Family of Apps and Reality Labs.
How do we move forward?
This is a sad moment, and there’s no way around that. To those who
are leaving, I want to thank you again for everything you’ve put
into this place. We would not be where we are today without your hard
work, and I’m grateful for your contributions.
To those who are staying, I know this is a difficult time for you too.
Not only are we saying goodbye to people we’ve worked closely with,
but many of you also feel uncertainty about the future. I want you to
know that we’re making these decisions to make sure our future is
strong.
I believe we are deeply underestimated as a company today. Billions of
people use our services to connect, and our communities keep growing.
Our core business is among the most profitable ever built with huge
potential ahead. And we’re leading in developing the technology to
define the future of social connection and the next computing
platform. We do historically important work. I’m confident that if
we work efficiently, we’ll come out of this downturn stronger and
more resilient than ever.
We’ll share more on how we’ll operate as a streamlined
organization to achieve our priorities in the weeks ahead. For now,
I’ll say one more time how thankful I am to those of you who are
leaving for everything you’ve done to advance our mission.
Mark
Mark Zuckerberg 說 COVID19 剛開始時
大家都以為電子商務為持續成長並成為主流，他也認同這預測
因此大幅度增加投資。但現在證明這觀點是錯的，
為了彌補這個錯誤決定，他宣布裁了 11000, 約 13% 的員工
未來公司將專注高收益的領域，如 AI，廣告，商業平台以及元宇宙。
並且在明年Q1前都凍結招募。
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