Meta reportedly lays off around 700 workers, Reality Labs division affected
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Key Points:
- Meta has cut approximately 700 jobs across multiple divisions, including Reality Labs, recruiting, sales, operations, and Facebook, out of its total workforce of 78,000 employees.
- The layoffs, reported by Bloomberg and The New York Times, primarily affected workers in the US and other markets, with most notifications sent on March 25.
- Earlier in 2025, Meta reduced 10% of its Reality Labs staff, leading to the closure of three VR studios: Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature Studio; Reality Labs employs about 15,000 people.
- Despite the layoffs, Meta Quest usage reached an all-time high in 2025, with over 100 titles generating more than $1 million in gross revenue, according to Meta director of games Chris Pruett.
- Pruett highlighted Meta’s adaptive approach to product development, noting the upcoming removal of Horizon Worlds from the Meta Horizon Store in June as part of their experiment-learn-adjustment cycle.
