Mark Zuckerberg hatched secret jobs bloodbath plan to ax 60% of staff and then it blew up in his face

Mark Zuckerberg was ready to pull the plug — then a revolt stopped him in his tracks.New details have surfaced of those plans involving tech giant Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram, revealing the ambitious goal to use artificial intelligence to take over the role of many staffers.Zuckerberg and top executives hatched a plan, codenamed Project OT (Organization Transformation), that envisioned AI reshaping the company’s workforce radically.Under that plan, small, “talent-dense” groups of human staffers would oversee virtual workers, according to internal documents seen by Reuters.Teams that consisted of 10-20 people would be dramatically reduced to 3-5 people armed with AI tools.To execute the plan, executives had planned slashing as much as 60% of many teams on the workforce that could result in huge layoffs.

A first purge would happen in May and a second in November, planning documents revealed.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story In addition, open job positions would be closed and poor performers would be targeted.Meta launched a human resources tool to identify “irreplacable talent,” or extremely talented people who could do the work of an entire team with AI.But that plan didn’t go as expected.

A layoff happened in May but the November one was called off.Employees reportedly revolted after news came out about impending layoffs.One lawsuit filed by more than two dozen employees accused the company of using an internal AI platform to select targets, disproportionately targeting those with disabilities.News that Meta was requiring tracking software on employee devices to teach AI agents further infuriated workers who feared they were being replaced.Many employees left messages on internal platforms expressing anger an...