Meta Just Laid Off 4,200 Employees - If This Doesn't Wake People Up, What Will?
Am I the only one trying to process what just happened?
Meta, which is worth around $1.9 trillion and whose stock is close to $735.40, just laid off 4,200 people with an email that looked cold and copy-pasted. Honestly, I can't get it out of my head.
I've been laid off from a job before, and that feeling is extremely harsh. My heart goes out to the 4,200 people who were blindsided by Meta's latest round of layoffs.
This is the reminder no one likes to hear: your company is not your family. You can give them years of loyalty, late nights, missed dinners, everything... And they can still let you go on an ordinary morning like it's nothing.
So take the vacation. Use the PTO you're entitled to. If your child is sick at home, close the laptop and be a parent. Stop replying to emails at 10 p.m. Or ruining your Sunday because of Slack. Because no matter how hard you work, loyalty does not go both ways.
Meta just laid off a massive number of employees - was that really the only choice? Big companies will keep talking about culture all day, then reduce people to a line in a spreadsheet the moment it helps the numbers.
One thing these layoffs remind me of is how important it is to stay interview-ready. Too many people only start preparing after they've lost their job, which is definitely wrong.
Keep your resume always updated, keep networking, and keep practicing your interview skills. Tools like InterviewMan can help you organize your thoughts and answer questions more confidently during interviews, which can make a huge difference in being accepted by companies.
Because if Plan A gets pulled out from under you, you don't want to find yourself standing there empty-handed.
