Meta Workers Rebuke Zuckerberg's July AI Hackathon After 8,000 Layoffs
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Updated · Futurism · Jun 16
Meta Workers Rebuke Zuckerberg's July AI Hackathon After 8,000 Layoffs
3 articles · Updated · Futurism · Jun 16
Summary
Meta employees pushed back on Mark Zuckerberg’s plan for a companywide AI hackathon in July, with internal messages showing little appetite for the event after last month’s cuts.
8,000 layoffs — about 10% of Meta’s workforce — have left remaining staff covering more work, including weekly AI-model training tasks that workers described as draining and hard to fit alongside existing deadlines.
Employees told management they were focused on keeping teams running rather than joining a hackathon, and some said Meta no longer supports the culture that once made those events viable.
Zuckerberg’s memo also offered permanent desks instead of hot-desking and said no more layoffs are planned this year, while warning the AI reorganization remains difficult and more mistakes are likely.