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# Meta’s first mass layoff, flagged by @unusual\_whales the day before — confirmed

The Nov 8, 2022 post said cuts would start Wednesday. Meta cut more than 11,000 jobs on Nov 9.

Published 09 Nov 2026, 09:08 UTC · Leaked on 08 Nov 2022, 21:02 UTC

Leaked on 08 November 2022

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On Nov 8, 2022, @unusual\_whales posted that Mark Zuckerberg said Meta layoffs would start Wednesday, citing a newspaper report.

On Nov 9, Zuckerberg told employees Meta was laying off 13% of staff, more than 11,000 people, CNBC reported. The BBC reported the same figure.

Confirmed. The post relayed others’ reporting.

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## What happened later

Confirmed.

## Sources & captured post

> **unusual\_whales** @unusual\_whales
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> BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg said $META layoffs will start Wednesday, per WSJ.
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> 1,293 likes · 183 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC
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> [View the post on X](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1590087263056461825) · not in our leaker index

### Original source & corroborating coverage

* [Original X post by @unusual\_whales](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1590087263056461825)
* [CNBC — Meta laying off more than 11,000 employees: Read Zuckerberg's letter](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/09/meta-to-lay-off-more-than-11000-thousand-employees.html)
* [BBC — Facebook-owner Meta to cut 11,000 staff](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63568585)

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