Meta, the parent company of social media giant Facebook, continues to decline requests for comments after its plans for a massive workforce reduction set to be announced next week leaked and became the subject of conversations over the internet on Monday.
Instead of providing clear answers, a spokesperson for the company deferred queries to CEO mark Zuckerberg’s statement during its third quarter earnings call.
During that event, Zuckerberg said next year, his company will turn its focus on investing in “a number of high-priority growth areas.” The CEO also added:
“So that means some teams will grow meaningfully, but most other teams will stay flat or shrink over the next year,” seemingly foreshadowing the upcoming exodus of Meta employees.
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Several sources familiar with the situation were quoted in a Sunday Wall Street Journal article. According to reports, an announcement…