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Meta Cuts 3,200 Bay Area Jobs as AI Restructuring Wave Passes 134,000 US Tech Layoffs in 2026
Meta laid off 3,196 Bay Area workers across five offices in May 2026 as part of a sweeping 8,000-job global restructuring. Combined with 7,000 employee reassignments to AI units and 6,000 cancelled open roles, roughly 20% of the company's workforce was affected. The cuts hit integrity, cybersecurity, and content design teams hardest as CPO Janelle Gale implemented 'AI native design principles' — flatter org structures built around small autonomous pods. The layoffs come amid a broader wave: over 134,000 US tech jobs have been eliminated in 2026, with nearly 50,000 directly attributed to AI adoption by companies including Oracle, PayPal, Block, Cisco, and Intuit.
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