[podgib]

> the cuts expected this month will be the first to affect tech departments, including engineers, which has surprised employees

Huh? The earlier layoffs definitely affected tech. I know of a bunch of former colleagues in engineering roles that were laid off in the first round. Sure, recruiting was affected more, which makes sense when hiring was reduced to almost zero, but this is very much not the first time engineers will be included in layoffs.

[ozmodiar]

Back in a previous life in a chemical R&D lab the company did layoffs and claimed to the media that it was all to marketing and administration. In the lab we lost about 50% of our researchers but weren't allowed to talk to anyone about it. I'm guessing companies really want to make it look like layoffs aren't impacting the people responsible for the product, and feed questionable data to that effect.

[phyrex]

Yeah that’s nonsense. Last round was about 50% engineering!

[tru3_power]

Seems like typical media bias against FB. Don’t forget- FB was bullying media companies for a while. Now they are getting a chance to strike back.

[AlexandrB]

Huh? How is claiming that Meta hasn't cut any Engineering roles yet bias against Meta? If anything it's painting Meta in a more positive light.

[zuminator]

The misleading implication is that now suddenly Meta is in panic mode and making unprecedentedly drastic cuts, as opposed to just ratcheting its previous layoff policies.