As part of its ongoing restructuring exercise, Meta, the parent company of platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has laid off dozens of employees in India across ad sales, marketing, and individual contributor roles, according to people familiar with the matter.
One executive said affected employees were notified via email and offered severance packages worth four to six months’ salary.
The latest round of layoffs comes amid continued job cuts across Silicon Valley, with companies including Amazon and Oracle also trimming roles. Global data from Layoffs.fyi shows more than 115,000 tech job cuts so far this year.
Damilare Odedina
While Meta has not disclosed India-specific figures, industry estimates place its local workforce at around 400 employees. The India layoffs sit within a broader restructuring effort at Meta, which has already eliminated roughly 8,000 roles globally, or about 10% of its workforce, while reassigning 7,000 employees into AI-focused positions, a change that’s expected to affect nearly 20% of its staff base.
According to company executives, the cuts are supposed to help offset the rising costs of Meta’s artificial intelligence push. The company is expected to spend up to $145 billion this year on capital expenditure, much of it directed toward data centers and computing infrastructure to support its AI ambitions.
But the restructuring has added to growing unease among global workers, particularly those dependent on visa sponsorships or high-paying roles to secure new opportunities or relocate. Beyond immediate job losses, there are rising concerns about how hiring patterns may shift as companies tighten recruitment while increasing investment in automation and AI systems.
As companies continue to restructure around artificial intelligence, many workers are now left weighing whether the next phase of opportunity will resemble the one before it, or whether it will demand a different kind of skill set altogether, with fewer roles in the mix.
David Adubiina
