Mark Zuckerberg addresses more Meta layoff concerns after admitting ‘mistakes’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday acknowledged the mistakes that the company made during the AI transformation of its workforce.

According to the social media giant’s internal memo seen by Reuters, Zuckerberg not only admitted the mistakes driven by AI workforce shake-up but also warned the employees of challenges as the technology is evolving at breakneck pace.

Zuckerberg said, “Given ⁠the complexity of these changes, we've made mistakes and will almost certainly make more,” while adding the plan to provide “as much stability as possible in ​terms of organization changes going forward.”

"I don't want to overpromise because the world is changing in ways that are out of our control," he added.

The Meta CEO also emphasized on the focus of creating new roles for employees and declined the possibility for company-wide layoffs coming this year.

"By creating important new roles for people, this also allowed us to shrink the size of teams knowing that if we make mistakes in some places, then we could transfer some people back," ​Zuckerberg said.

Mark Zuckerberg also shared updates regarding Meta's internal initiatives and organizational adjustments. The company is boosting budgets for corporate events and offsites to strengthen team cohesion.

A large-scale hackathon is set for July, aimed at increasing cross-team collaboration and accelerating development on Meta's latest models.

Meta will roll back the expansion of manager oversight responsibilities in direct response to employee feedback and concerns.

The alleged remarks of Zuckerberg came after the Instagram parent company carried out massive restructuring in May, laying off around 10 percent of its 10 percent across the world. Around 7,000 employees were transferred to new initiatives related to AI workflows.

Moreover, the Facebook owner company has also been investing hundreds of billions of dollars into AI, aiming to fully integrate artificial intelligence in the workings.

Meta has not yet responded to these reports.