Meta is conducting targeted layoffs as part of an internal reorganization, including in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs.

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has confirmed layoffs across multiple teams, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs. What Happened: Meta has confirmed that several teams within the company were impacted by layoffs on Wednesday,

Meta laid off workers at Instagram, WhatsApp, Reality Labs and in other parts of the company Wednesday in a restructuring of specific groups of workers. The move is not a company-wide downsizing, according to Meta.

Meta has started layoffs across WhatsApp, Instagram and more. The tech giant is making smaller cuts across various departments — which also include Reality Labs — as the company undergoes reorganizations within certain teams.

Meta has reportedly begun another round of layoffs affecting WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs as part of a team reorganisation. The company aims to align resources with long-term strategies while assisting impacted employees in finding new roles.

In a statement, Meta emphasized that the changes aim to maintain the company’s competitiveness in the long run. "Today, a few teams at Meta are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy,

Meta Begins Layoffs in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs Amid Reorganization Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, has started laying off employees across key departments, including WhatsApp,

Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold said some teams were making changes to align with the company's long-term strategic goals and location strategy.

Meta says it has laid off some employees, including staff at WhatsApp And Instagram, to realign its resources with its “strategic goals.”

This for instance will involve relocating some of the teams to different places and other employees to new departments, a Meta spokesperson said, adding that the company would indeed look for new positions to place the employees who have been made redundant.