The “survivors” of Meta’s mass layoffs are facing a dilemma...

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Meta employees who survived a major round of layoffs now face difficult choices as the company shifts headcount and priorities toward AI and efficiency. Engineering managers report being moved back into individual contributor roles, and infrastructure engineers say they were reassigned to data-labeling tasks for AI. Staff worry the reorganizations damage career paths, depress morale, and will accelerate talent flight amid fierce industry competition. Meta aims to insource high-quality training data and build proprietary knowledge datasets, but critics warn this strategy may harm long-term productivity and organizational stability.

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