[jmull]

I don’t think the previous poster is saying all layoffs are “cowardly”, but pointing out that these ones are.

I think they have a point. Facebook is making money. Tech is in a very dynamic phase, right now. This is a moment of huge opportunity for them, and one that won’t necessarily be as large in the future.

To be contracting right now, rather than making a play, seems like a lack of leadership.

[mr_00ff00]

Not saying you are wrong, but you could argue they made their big move with the Metaverse. Then again with those crazy AI contracts to ML people.

Maybe Meta missed on those big plays and now there’s too much pressure to make another.

I don’t know if I believe that, but worth considering

[reverius42]

Pressure from whom? Mark Zuckerberg personally controls the majority of voting shares. He can do whatever he wants.

[parpfish]

yeah, these big layoffs don't add up to me right now.

if you're making money and you feel that these are good employees, why not take them off the core products and ship them to some other ambituous R&D proejct?

making core products leaner is probably a good, but surely there's some other big moonshot you'd like to take?