meta-layoffs 
The Pragmatic Engineer
OCTOBER 10, 2022
I rarely un-paywall analysis pieces, but seeing how much fear one article can cause - even for software engineers at Meta - which article fails to mention more nuanced dynamics and does no analysis of the situation, I made an exception to making relevant parts public. This article covers: Worries about ‘quiet layoffs.’
The Pragmatic Engineer
MARCH 3, 2023
The most common cause, unsurprisingly, is the layoffs announced during Q4 2022 at Twitter, DocuSign, Robinhood, Meta, and Stripe. Companies with recent layoffs - Meta, Salesforce, Lyft, Google - are ones where there’s been the most spike in engineers being open to new opportunities.
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The Pragmatic Engineer
JANUARY 19, 2023
Update on 20 January: less than a day after publishing this article, Google announced historic layoffs that will impact ~12,000 positions. I'll analyze Google's layoffs in next week's issue, but it further adds to my argument (and worry) about what the Big Tech layoffs suggest for the industry.
The Pragmatic Engineer
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The observations on how Big Tech hiring will slow down have since been validated, with Meta not only laying off in November, but also rescinding offers in January 2023, and Amazon doing the same. In the latest issue , I deliberately did not go deep into recent layoffs, even though there have been some.
The Pragmatic Engineer
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
In the midst of gloomy news about hiring freezes and layoffs, let's highlight companies which are growing and hiring. The full The Scoop edition additionally covers: Meta’s historic layoffs. I have long maintained my opinion that Meta was unlikely to do layoffs, and terminating employees should be avoidable.
The Pragmatic Engineer
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
I don't want to broadcast layoffs on Twitter or LinkedIn continuously, but also don't want this information to be lost. For a far more complete overview of layoffs, please see Layoffs.fyi. The 3rd layoffs in 2022, combined with the transformation of the company. Meta - 13% layoffs. Verified.
The Pragmatic Engineer
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Although engineers report nobody was told that this overtime was required, the feeling was that failing to work all weekend carried the high risk of getting fired, in the context of employees already fearing large layoffs lay ahead. What are Musk’s plans; will there be layoffs, will stock vesting or compensation change in some way?
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