Meta wanted to reduce teams by 60% because of AI
The Pragmatic Engineer 1 month ago 47
Meta’s Project OT planned to reorganize the company around AI work, including major layoffs and shifting engineers into AI training tasks. The plan would have reduced existing teams by 60% but Zuckerberg canceled the November cuts at the last minute after a 10% layoff. As a result, some teams still saw 30-40% reductions and engineers were reassigned to AI labeling, contributing to lower morale and execution problems.