--- title: Meta to cut 8,000 jobs on 20 May with more layoffs... description: Meta will lay off approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) on 20 May 2026, with additional cuts planned for the second half of the year. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-cut-8-000-jobs-on-20-may-with-more-layoffs-planned-for-second-half-of-2026-fbn171zp5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta to cut 8,000 jobs on 20 May with more layoffs planned for second half of 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Meta will lay off approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) on 20 May 2026, with additional cuts planned for the second half of the year. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-cut-8-000-jobs-on-20-may-with-more-layoffs-planned-for-second-half-of-2026-fbn171zp5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FBN171Zp5.png og:image:alt: Meta to cut 8,000 jobs on 20 May with more layoffs planned for second half of 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta to cut 8,000 jobs on 20 May with more layoffs planned for second half of 2026 **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Meta will lay off approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) on 20 May 2026, with additional cuts planned for the second half of the year. The restructuring is driven by a massive $115–135 billion capital expenditure plan for AI infrastructure, not financial distress — Meta posted $201 billion in revenue and $43.6 billion in free cash flow in 2025. Teams are being reorganized into AI-focused 'pods' under new Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who leads Meta Superintelligence Labs. Traditional roles are being replaced with titles like 'AI builder' and 'AI pod lead.' Since 2022, Zuckerberg has eliminated roughly 25,000 positions total. The layoffs mirror a broader tech industry trend: companies reporting record revenues while cutting headcount to fund AI infrastructure bets, with over 95,000 tech jobs lost across 247 layoff events in 2026 so far. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@juanelivo** · 0 upvotes > Interesting perspective. I think testing is becoming even more important with AI-generated code. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meta cuts 8,000 jobs and cancels 6,000 open roles as $135B AI spending reshapes the company from the inside](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-cuts-8-000-jobs-and-cancels-6-000-open-roles-as-135b-ai-spending-reshapes-the-company-from-the-w2auihg8i) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta cuts 8,000 jobs amid record $56B quarterly revenue as Zuckerberg bets $145 billion on AI infrastructure](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-cuts-8-000-jobs-amid-record-56b-quarterly-revenue-as-zuckerberg-bets-145-billion-on-ai-infras-dvwkkwheh) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta planning layoffs that could hit 20% of workforce](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-planning-layoffs-that-could-hit-20-of-workforce-5bm5ymag5) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-reportedly-considering-layoffs-that-could-affect-20-of-the-company-cwoluukzo) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-infrastructure), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-cut-8-000-jobs-on-20-may-with-more-layoffs-planned-for-second-half-of-2026-fbn171zp5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Meta to cut 8,000 jobs on 20 May with more layoffs planned for second half of 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-cut-8-000-jobs-on-20-may-with-more-layoffs-planned-for-second-half-of-2026-fbn171zp5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-to-cut-8-000-jobs-on-20-may-with-more-layoffs-planned-for-second-half-of-2026-fbn171zp5"},"datePublished":"2026-04-19T14:55:07.786Z","dateModified":"2026-04-30T02:18:11.616Z","description":"Meta will lay off approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) on 20 May 2026, with additional cuts planned for the second half of the year. 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I think testing is becoming even more important with AI-generated code.","datePublished":"2026-04-20T04:14:26.285Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/FBN171Zp5#c-veUk9ASTG","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Juan Sebastian Elivo Ulloa Elivo","url":"https://daily.dev/juanelivo","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJtAaOX7Z7VUu2Qj6CFauf5U5GPzYKFg32RNI1Pat4Id7SHHoPT=s96-c"}}]} ```