Meta delays setting team budgets as it plans fresh round of layoffs: Report

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc has delayed finalizing the budgets of multiple teams as it prepares a fresh round of job cuts, the sources reported on Saturday.

In recent weeks there had been a lack of clarity surrounding budgets and future head count, the sources reported, citing two Meta employees familiar with the situation.

Earlier this month, Meta announced that it expects its 2023 expenses at between $89 billion and $95 billion, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling the period a "Year of Efficiency."

The WhatsApp owner had cut more than 11,000 jobs or 13% of its workforce in November, following such tech companies as Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp which have announced thousands of layoffs due to the economic downturn.