Engineer Shocked by Layoff After 13 Years at Meta

There was a man named Henry Chen who used to be a DJ, spinning music for fun and work.

Later, he got a job at a big social media company called Facebook, which is now called Meta.

He worked there for more than 13 years and became an engineer.

But in May, the company told him he could no longer work there, and he was surprised.

Henry said he is grateful for everything he learned during his time there.

However, things changed after the company let many people go in late 2022 and early 2023.

Workers were expected to do more with less, and goals kept changing.

Henry took time off in late 2025 to care for his new baby, for about four months.

When he came back, the company had changed a lot, using more AI and new leaders.

He shared his story with the news website Business Insider, and it shows that many tech workers are losing their jobs these days.