How safe is your job at Meta Platforms?
Your Engineering job at Meta Platforms in India has a risk score of 58/100 — on the watchlist. That's riskier than 99% of the 78 tech companies we track.
The most recent reported layoff hit around 1,395 roles on July 22, 2026. 1 person has reported cuts here in the past 30 days.
Employee sentiment is alarmed right now — many are bracing for further cuts (based on 5 employee votes plus data signals).
Check the detailed report below for the full breakdown.
Current risk score
0 = safer outlook, 100 = higher layoff risk. Small figure = 7-day change.
Latest confirmed layoff
Confirmed Jul 22, 2026 · WA ESD WARN (historical)
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6 confirmed layoff event(s), 10,794 affected in last 180 days
8 layoff round(s) in last 1 year
Recent layoff events
Latest disclosed workforce actions affecting this company.
EPS
Est: $7.22
Revenue
EPS
Est: $6.66
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Meta Platforms layoff risk analysis
Meta Platforms risk trend over the last 90 days
Across the last 82 days of scoring, Meta Platforms's layoff risk eased 15 points, moving from 73 on June 6, 2026 to 58 today. It peaked at 73 on June 6, 2026 and bottomed out at 58 on August 26, 2026, a 15-point spread over the period. That leaves Meta Platforms in the elevated band today, and the size of the swing means the current reading is worth re-checking weekly rather than treating as settled.
Meta Platforms layoff history
PinkSlip has recorded 5 confirmed layoff events at Meta Platforms, running from March 2026 to July 2026. Together they account for roughly 10,463 disclosed roles, or about 13.8% of an estimated 76,000-person workforce. Scoring uses that share rather than the raw number, because the same headcount means very different things at a 10,000-person company and a 200,000-person one. Sources: WA ESD WARN (historical), layoffs.fyi. Recent events weigh more than older ones — each decays on a half-life instead of dropping out on a fixed date — so the most recent filing on July 22, 2026 carries the most weight in today's score.
How Meta Platforms compares to other tech employers
Meta Platforms (META) is a Social Media company tracked as part of the NASDAQ-100 and currently scores 58 out of 100, where 0 is the safest reading and 100 the riskiest. That is riskier than 99% of the 78 tech employers PinkSlip tracks. Over the past week the score eased 6 points, and over the past month it eased 9 points.
What is driving the Meta Platforms score
Meta Platforms's current reading is supported from two independent directions: confirmed public filings, and 1 anonymous report submitted by people in the past 30 days. Agreement between a public record and first-hand accounts is the strongest configuration the model recognises. Absence of reports is deliberately not treated as evidence of safety — a quiet company and an unobserved one look identical in public data, so the model never discounts risk for silence alone. At this level the practical read is not "a layoff is coming" but "keep options warm": refresh your CV, keep your network active, and re-check this page weekly, since the score is recomputed every morning.
Layoffs in News: Meta Platforms
Aggregated daily from Google News. Headline volume feeds the sentiment signal, a small part of the score — confirmed layoff events and WARN filings move it far more.
Meta Platforms layoff risk — frequently asked questions
Has Meta Platforms had layoffs recently?
PinkSlip has tracked 5 layoff events at Meta Platforms in the past year, the latest on July 22, 2026, totalling roughly 10,463 disclosed roles. Undisclosed headcounts are excluded from that total, so treat it as a floor rather than a full count.
How is the Meta Platforms layoff risk score calculated?
PinkSlip blends 10+ public data sources — historical layoff events, quarterly earnings, hiring and news signals, and anonymous crowd reports — into a single 0–100 layoff risk score. Signals are weighted by how predictive they have been historically, and each one decays on a half-life as it ages rather than expiring on a fixed date — so a layoff announced last month weighs roughly twice as much as the same layoff two months earlier, and fades out gradually instead of disappearing overnight.
How often does the Meta Platforms risk score update?
Every day. An automated job re-scrapes the public sources each morning and recomputes every tracked company's score, so the 7-day movement shown above always compares against freshly ingested data. Quarterly earnings refresh on each company's own reporting schedule.
Where does PinkSlip's Meta Platforms layoff data come from?
The layoff events listed above are sourced from WA ESD WARN (historical), layoffs.fyi. Across all companies PinkSlip aggregates state WARN notices, layoffs.fyi, quarterly earnings filings, and layoff coverage from major business and tech outlets. Everything is public data — no employer submissions, and no paywalled sources.