When Meta laid off about 10% of its staff this spring, the pullback showed up in its hiring. Open job postings on Meta's careers site fell from a peak of 886 in late March to 456 by the May 20 layoff, a drop of nearly half, as the company closed 853 listings across April and May.
The freeze didn't last. June was the first month since the peak with net-positive hiring (+57 roles), and open postings have recovered to 531, still well below where Meta started the quarter.
Where the remaining roles sit is the real story. Nearly half (44%) of Meta's open positions are now in AI and data-center infrastructure: data-center operations, AI and machine learning, hardware, and the teams building Meta's compute. Even while cutting overall, Meta kept hiring hard for the infrastructure behind its AI push.
Explore the interactive infographic for the KPI dashboard and month-by-month detail.