Facebook-parent Meta changes appraisal rules, and 20% of employees could be affected
Meta
is instructing managers to rate significantly more employees as "below expectations" during upcoming
midyear performance reviews
, setting the stage for additional performance-based cuts just months after the company laid off nearly 4,000 workers labeled as low performers.
According to an internal memo shared on Meta's employee forum May 14, as seen by Business Insider, managers overseeing teams of 150 or more must now place 15% to 20% of employees in the lowest performance tier, compared to 12% to 15% previously. The memo explicitly states that the midyear review process represents "an opportunity to make exit decisions," though it clarifies there will be no company-wide performance terminations like those conducted earlier this year.
The expanded performance targets, according to the report, include employees who have already departed through what Meta calls "nonregrettable attrition" - staff considered noncritical who resigned or were dismissed for underperformance. Managers can select employees for performance cuts based on receiving a "below expectations" rating, formal discipline within six months, or having an employee relations case in the first quarter.
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Mark Zuckerberg's push to "move out low-performers" faster drives policy shift
The policy change follows CEO Mark Zuckerberg's internal announcement that he had "decided to raise the bar on performance management" and move faster to eliminate underperforming employees. Meta laid off approximately 5% of its workforce in performance-based cuts earlier this year, with internal documents suggesting such layoffs could become an annual occurrence.
The review process begins June 16, with manager-employee performance conversations scheduled between July and August. This mirrors Meta's approach in late 2022, when it roughly doubled the percentage of employees classified as underperformers during annual reviews, instructing managers to rate up to 16.5% of staff poorly compared to the previous 7% to 12% range.
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