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- A month after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a second round of layoffs, cuts are beginning.
- The dismissals are part of a strategy to boost productivity and turn Meta into a talent magnet.
- But the layoffs are likely to hurt innovation, recruiting, and morale, two experts told Insider.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, wants the firm to get its beach bod in time for summer by shedding thousands of workers. But like any crash diet, there are risks.
"Leaner is better," Zuckerberg wrote in a 2,200-word opus of a memo last month announcing the company's second round of major layoffs in four months.