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Meta Hired You Because You’re Exceptional. Now It’s Laying You Off for the Same Reason.

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Welcome to the horrible new math of being great at your job. Here's what just happened, and what to do next.

Meta Hired You Because You’re Exceptional. Now It’s Laying You Off for the Same Reason. Welcome to the horrible new math of being great at your job. Here's what just happened, and what to do next. Jacob Ward May 20, 2026 42 4 14 Share It hurts, I know, and I’m sorry. For one thing, the sword has been hanging over you since March. That’s when Reuters first reported the cuts were coming — roughly 8,000 colleagues, about one in ten, with engineering and product teams hit hardest. (Engineering and product!) Then ten weeks of waiting. Ten weeks of trying to read your manager’s face on Zoom, of watc

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