{"id":104402,"date":"2026-04-18T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/metas-biggest-layoffs-start-may-20-with-8000-job-cuts-whos-most-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T07:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:37:16","slug":"metas-biggest-layoffs-start-may-20-with-8000-job-cuts-whos-most-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/metas-biggest-layoffs-start-may-20-with-8000-job-cuts-whos-most-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s biggest layoffs start May 20 with 8,000 job cuts: Who\u2019s most at risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is cutting close to 8,000 employees on May 20 in the first wave of what could be its biggest round of layoffs ever\u2014surpassing even the 2022\u201323 &#8220;year of efficiency.&#8221; A second wave is planned for later in 2026, with details still being finalised. The cuts are tied to Zuckerberg&#8217;s massive AI spending push, with roles in sales, recruiting, middle management, and non-AI-adjacent functions considered most at risk.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is cutting close to 8,000 employees on May 20 in the first wave of what could be its biggest round of layoffs ever\u2014surpassing even the 2022\u201323 &#8220;year of efficiency.&#8221; A second wave is planned for later in 2026, with details still being finalised. The cuts are tied to Zuckerberg&#8217;s massive AI spending push, with&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/metas-biggest-layoffs-start-may-20-with-8000-job-cuts-whos-most-at-risk\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meta\u2019s biggest layoffs start May 20 with 8,000 job cuts: Who\u2019s most at risk?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":104403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}