Himanshu V is one of the 11,000 employees who left the company on November 9. He shares his story on LinkedIn, as do many other former employees.
Himanshu V. is a Meta engineer from India. The company transferred him, from India, he flew to Canada, two days later he received a notification, he was fired. He published a post on LinkedIn: “I’m now looking for a job in Canada or India but I don’t know what I could become”, garnering over 22,000 reactions and 1,000 comments.
Himanshu V. was one of 11,000 employees who were kicked out of Meta overnight. On November 9, the company announced a 13% reduction in its workforce. Eight months ago, Meta decided to open a new engineering center in Toronto, with 2,500 jobs. That’s why Himanshu V. moved to Canada. Then comes the collective dismissal.
Himanshu is not the only case
“I moved to Canada to join #Meta and 2 days after my arrival, my trip ended as I was hit by a massive layoff,” he wrote in the Himanshu post, “My heart goes out to all those who are still facing the difficult current situation.”
Vishwajeet Jha, a former Amazon software engineer, wrote in a Nov. 11 LinkedIn post that he had been at Meta for three days before he was fired. “It’s very sad that this has happened,” Jha wrote, adding that the process of obtaining a work visa in Canada was “long”.
Neelima Agarwal also underwent the same treatment. A software engineer, he moved from India to Canada in November and said he was laid off two days after joining the company. In a LinkedIn post on Nov. 9, Agarwal wrote that he was heartbroken to be fired days after moving to Canada. Agarwal’s post garnered over 6,400 reactions and over 480 comments.
Rent Meta
“I see layoffs as a last resort, so we’ve decided to limit other sources of fees before letting go of our teammates,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post. The founder admits that his optimism about possible growth has led to an overstaffing at Meta. The problem is that they hire too many, in too short a time, for too high a salary. They had expected years of exponential growth, as in the first phase of the pandemic, but that didn’t happen. A recession has arrived that could last as long as two years and tech companies are forced to lay off their teams.
Today, former Meta employees around the world post “post badges” on LinkedIn, which are photos of their signage accompanied by notes reflecting time spent at the company. Previously, some staff members in the “badge post” criticized the company, greeted co-workers, or shared happy moments and professional successes. After layoffs, staff also used the posts to find jobs, present their CVs or indicate difficult situations, such as Himanshu V.
