Fears Meta workers in Ireland may be included in ‘plans to cut 5% of lowest performing staff’

Mark Zuckerberg aims to root out more low performing staff from Meta. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Meta is planning to cut about 5% of staff it considers to be its lowest performers, it has been reported.

Bloomberg reported that an internal memo sent to staff by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he had “decided to raise the bar on performance management” in order to “move out low-performers faster”.