Meta India lays off nearly a dozen employees amid wider global restructuring

Meta India has laid off close to a dozen employees in functions such as ad sales, marketing and individual contributor roles, according to sources directly aware of the development.

One executive said the affected employees received emails, similar to the global layoffs, and were offered four to six months’ salary as severance. The person added that there had been no discussion with the impacted employees.

Meta’s India office did not respond to The Economic Times’ detailed email query sent on Friday. According to industry estimates, the company has about 400 employees, though it does not disclose country-specific workforce numbers.

The India cuts follow a broader restructuring at Meta. The company recently announced one of its biggest restructuring exercises, cutting roughly 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce. The process began with emails sent to targeted workers at 4 am. Meta also reassigned 7,000 employees to new initiatives related to AI workflows and to reduce managerial roles. Reuters reported last week that, taken together, the layoffs and transfers affected about 20% of the company’s workforce.

Multiple reports citing internal memos said Meta wants to build “flatter” and “more agile” organizations capable of moving faster in the AI era. Chief People Officer Janelle Gale reportedly told employees that the restructuring is intended to create smaller teams with greater ownership while shifting resources toward AI-native initiatives.

Meta has also increased its AI spending commitments. At the March quarter earnings meeting, the company raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to between $125 billion and $145 billion, a nearly 87% year-on-year increase. Defending the layoffs internally, Zuckerberg told employees that “Success isn’t a given. AI is the most consequential technology of our lifetimes. The companies that lead the way will define the next generation.”