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Meta to let another 10,000 employees go.

Meta le 10,000 fostaí eile a ligean chun siúil.

Technology giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is to let go another 10,000 employees in various locations around the world.

Tá ollchomhlacht teicneolaíochta Meta, máthairchomhlacht Facebook, le 10,000 fostaí eile in ionaid éagsúla ar fud an domhain a ligean chun siúil.

The company also announced today that the current approximately 5,000 vacancies would not be filled and that restructuring plans would be announced for the next few months.

D'fhógair an comhlacht inniu chomh maith nach líonfaí an tuairim is 5,000 folúntas atá ann faoi láthair agus go bhfógrófaí pleananna athstruchtúraithe as seo go ceann cúpla mí.

Meta's international headquarters are in Dublin but it is not yet clear how the situation will affect the company's employees in Ireland.

Is i mBaile Átha Cliath atá ceanncheathrú idirnáisiúnta Meta ach níl sé soiléir fós cé mar a rachas an scéal i gcion ar fhostaithe an chomhlachta in Éirinn.

Last November, Meta announced that 11,000 employees around the world were to be let go, of which 300 employees were in this country among them.

I mí na Samhna seo caite, d'fhógair Meta go rabhthas le 11,000 fostaí ar fud an domhain a ligean chun siúil agus as a dheireadh ar fad bhí 300 fostaí sa tír seo ina measc.

Meta has spent billions of dollars on a huge project called the 'metaverse' but the pandemic has disrupted its development for various reasons.

Tá na billiúin dollar caite ag Meta ar thogra ollmhór dá gairtear an 'metaverse' ach chuir an phaindéim as dá fhorbairt ar chúiseanna éagsúla.

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said that the company would give priority this year to efficiency above all else.

Dúirt an príomhfheidhmeannach Mark Zuckerberg go dtabharfadh an comhlacht tús áite i mbliana d'éifeachtúlacht thar aon ní eile.

Meta currently employs approximately 85,000 people worldwide.

Tá thart ar 85,000 duine fostaithe ag Meta ar fud an domhain faoi láthair.

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