Facebook parent company Meta has announced an additional 10,000 job cuts globally and says it will close around 5,000 open roles that haven't yet been filled.
In a Facebook post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that over the next couple of months managers will announce restructuring plans.
"With less hiring, I've made the difficult decision to further reduce the size of our recruiting team," Mr Zuckerberg wrote.
"We will let recruiting team members know tomorrow whether they're impacted."
"We expect to announce restructurings and layoffs in our tech groups in late April, and then our business groups in late May."
"In a small number of cases, it may take through the end of the year to complete these changes. Our timelines for international teams will also look different, and local leaders will follow up with more details."
"Overall, we expect to reduce our team size by around 10,000 people and to close around 5,000 additional open roles that we haven't yet hired," he wrote.
It's not clear how the job cuts will impact Meta's Irish-based workforce where it directly employs around 3,000 people.
In November, Meta announced plans to cut 11,000 jobs globally.
Those layoffs resulted in around 300 jobs being cut from Meta's operation in Ireland.
The news sent Meta's shares up 2% in premarket trading.
Meta's move in November to slash headcount by 13% marked the first mass layoffs in its 18-year history.
Its headcount stood at 86,482 at the end of 2022, up 20% from a year a
