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Meta's AI Workforce Plan Hit a Productivity Reality Check
Meta explored an aggressive "AI-native" workplace overhaul, but Reuters reports that the company canceled a planned second restructuring wave amid employee resistance and internal evidence that autonomous AI agents were not yet delivering the productivity gains leaders expected. This episode separates what Meta confirmed from what Reuters learned through internal documents, recordings, posts, and more than 20 sources. Meta acknowledged Project OT, two planned restructuring waves, and worst-case scenarios that could have reduced some teams by as much as 60%. That was never a plan to lay off…
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