Meta laid off around 2,000 employees this year and in April they announced a further 10% planned cut in their workforce [0].

Employees were told to work from home and were sent emails at 4AM informing them they've been let go. Those that weren't impacted have software on their computer that tracks their every move. Remaining employees can now opt out of being tracked at work for half an hour [1]. Meanwhile, @Meta is raking in record profits.

ClickUp reduced headcount by 22% - and the CEO tweeted that the "business is the strongest it's ever been". In the same tweet, the CEO motivated this cut by their intention to build the "100X organization" ...[2] A week before the layoffs, they posted this video [3].

Webflow fired most of its staff, with some finding out about it after more than 24 hours [4] (while being on a locked visa, which means they'll have to leave the country!).

Cloudflare laid off 1,100 employees (~20% of its workforce) [5] and hired over 1,000 interns (one could say replaced).

My question for anyone still working at these companies:

Why are you still working there?

[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/technology/meta-layoffs-a...

[1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93x0k194yno

[2]: https://x.com/DJ_CURFEW/status/2057522382315929802

[3]: https://www.tiktok.com/@clickup/video/7638681657058364702

[4]: https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/tech/bloodbath-at-california-t...

[5]: https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future/