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Meta Tightens Performance Reviews as Managers Told to Flag More Low Performers

New appraisal guidelines require 15–20% of employees on large teams to be rated 'below expectations,' signaling potential exits but no company-wide terminations.

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Meta to mark more engineers as underperformers in mid-year reviews, says internal memo
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Overview

  • Meta has raised the quota for employees rated 'below expectations' in midyear reviews to 15–20%, up from 12–15% previously, per an internal memo.
  • The review process, starting June 16, is described as an 'opportunity to make exit decisions,' though no company-wide layoffs are planned.
  • Criteria for potential exits include receiving a low rating, recent formal discipline, or employee relations cases earlier in the year.
  • Employees who resigned or were previously dismissed under 'nonregrettable attrition' are also included in the updated performance metrics.
  • The changes align with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's directive to 'raise the bar on performance management' following earlier rounds of layoffs affecting 4,000 workers.