RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Facebook’s parent Meta is going to cut thousands more jobs in a new round of layoffs, according to a report by Bloomberg News.

CNBC reports that Meta declined comment when asked about the news, which broke Monday night.

Three weeks ago, Meta declined comment to WRAL TechWire about a new round of layoffs coming as reported by The Financial Times in London.

Citing “people familiar with the matter” but not naming them, Bloomberg said the “fresh round of layoffs” could begin “as soon as this week.”

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Meta recently announced plans to open an operation in Durham and staff it with some 100 engineers.

Meta cut some 11,000 workers – some 13% of its workforce – in November

CNBC noted that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called 2023 as the “Year of Efficiency.”

“He told analysts in February that Meta is focused on ‘cutting projects that aren’t performing or may no longer be crucial’ and that it plans on ‘removing layers of middle management to make decisions faster,'” CNBC noted.

“We closed last year with some difficult layoffs and restructuring some teams,” Zuckerberg said last month, according to the Washington Post and cited by Fox Business. “When we did this, I said clearly that this was the beginning of our focus on efficiency and not the end.”

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