Ex-Meta worker warns of more firings to come despite Zuckerberg pledge that bloodbath is over: need therapy

A freshly axed Meta employee warned that yet another round of cuts will follow Wednesday’s brutal layoffs in the months ahead — despite assurances from CEO Mark Zuckerberg that this year’s bloodbath is over.Brittany Pierson, a Dallas-based content designer who spent over four years at Meta, said she actually felt “so much relief” after getting laid off because she had long anticipated that her role was destined to disappear because of artificial intelligence.“If you survive, then you need to start training yourself on an entirely new role that AI can’t replace — all while mentally preparing yourself for the next layoff, which, by the way, is rumored to be happening in August,” Pierson said on Instagram, one of many social media posts shared by ex-Meta workers Wednesday.“That’s not normal.It’s not healthy,” she added in the two-minute video.Pierson’s claim of additional layoffs contradicts Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge that the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will not ax any more workers this year.“I want to be clear that we do not expect other company-wide layoffs this year,” Zuckerberg said, according to Reuters.

“I also want to acknowledge that we haven’t been as clear as we aspire to be in our communication, and that’s one area I want to make sure we improve.”Wednesday marked the rollout of Meta’s previously announced plan to slash roughly 10% of its workforce — eliminating an estimated 8,000 jobs as the company pours billions into AI and restructures the social media giant around the technology.Meta has framed the layoffs as part of a “continued effort to run the company more efficiently” while shifting thousands of workers onto AI-focused initiatives, according to internal communications reported by Business Insider.Online, current and former employees painted a picture of a workforce rattled by seemingly nonstop restructuring, collapsing morale and fears that AI is steadily hollowing out...