Indian man laid off by Meta says yet to inform parents: 'have to fake it, painful'

Tiwari said he did not get any clarity from Meta on what basis he was fired. “They just gave a statement saying that these are the things we took into consideration; the tenure, the performance, etc. But I know a lot of people who were overachieving their targets,” he said.

Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, sacked over 11,000 employees. The laid off employees made up 13 per cent of the company’s workforce.

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Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced a slew of cost-cutting measures in an effort “to become a leaner and more efficient company.” He also announced an extension on the hiring freeze that Meta had earlier imposed.

Thousands of people across the world have lost their jobs as global technology giants are on a layoff spree.

Amazon, Twitter, Stripe, Lyft, Affirm and CloudKitchens are among other companies that have sacked employees recently in the face of sluggish consumer spending, higher interest rates and surging inflation worldwide.