RTE reports that Meta sent termination emails at 4am to staff in Ireland, identifying around 350 of its 1,800 Irish employees as “potential impacted” in a global redundancy round. RTE says the global announcement includes about 8,000 job cuts, and that workers were told of plans to eliminate some managerial roles and transfer about 7,000 employees to new initiatives tied to AI workflows. RTE quotes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying 2026 would be the year AI starts to dramatically change how the company works, noting projects that once required large teams can now be done by “a single very talented person.” RTE also reports recent large tech cuts at Amazon and Oracle and cites Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke telling affected workers “the Government will have your back.”
Meta Announces Irish Redundancies Amid AI Job Shifts | Let’s Data Science
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