Tech company layoffs

Here’s why major tech companies like Meta are laying off employees …

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00:00Mark Zuckerberg just laid off over 11,000 Meta employees, but that's not the only company having

00:05to let people go. So why has big tech been cutting more and more employees recently?

00:09Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds. The news of Meta cutting 13% of its workforce

00:14comes after a series of tech layoffs. Lyft cut nearly 700 jobs, Snap over 1,000, Twitter laid

00:21off half its workforce, and the list goes on. And many people are blaming their previous hiring

00:25booms. A lot of these big tech companies saw sharp increases in user activity or profits

00:30during the pandemic or shortly after it, leading them to go on hiring sprees. But the recent global

00:36economic uncertainty, high inflation, supply chain issues, and rising interest rates have

00:41caused these companies to question their tactics of hoarding expensive talent. And some companies

00:46have invested heavily in new projects aimed at diversifying their revenue streams, but haven't

00:50seen a return yet, with one example being the Metaverse. On top of layoffs, companies are

00:55rolling back on trademark perks and benefits that they've become known for in the workforce.