A 2nd wave of layoffs at Meta; 10,000 jobs are cut

Facebook parent Meta is slashing 10,000 jobs, about as many as the social media company announced late last year in its first round of cuts, as uncertainly about the global economy hits the technology sector particularly hard. The company announced 11,000 job cuts in November, about 13% of its workforce at the time. In addition to the layoffs, Meta said Tuesday that it would not fill 5,000 open positions. “This will be tough and there’s no way around that,” said CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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there’s no way around that：没办法

slash：大幅削减

sector：扇形，区段

workforce：全体员工，劳动力

layoff：临时解雇，操作停止（lay 放置，off 离开）

uncertainly about the global economy hits the technology sector particularly hard：全球经济的不确定性对科技行业的冲击尤为严重