Mark Zuckerberg is taking aim at Meta's low performers. The CEO told employees to prepare for an "intense year" in an internal memo announcing staff cuts.

According to Bloomberg, Zuckerberg made the announcement via a company memo posted on the company's internal Workplace forum this week.

Meta will soon lay off more “low-performers” across the company, according to an internal memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was shared by a source at the company. “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,

After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts are necessary as the company builds ‘the most important technologies in the world.’

The Meta chief wrote in a post on Workplace, the company's internal forum, that the company will be doing "more extensive performance-based cuts."

Meta employed around 72,000 people, meaning the 5% reduction could impact roughly 3,600 jobs. Zuckerberg emphasized the need to "raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster.

Meta Platforms (META) is reportedly planning on cutting 5% of its workforce as the technology giant looks to continue CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s dramatic overhaul.