Meta

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Software Development Menlo Park, CA Watching 2,500 of ~161,805 employees Updated as of Jul 6

The read

Among the 2,500 employees we watch, Meta posted a net decline of 11 over the past 90 days (29 joined, 40 left), driven by a wave of VP departures from core AI and monetization roles. Four people moved to stealth startups, and exits include the VP leading Data Engineering & Analytics for Monetization GenAI, the Head of Video Ads Ranking & AI (to Socure), and the VP of Meta AI Infrastructure. Meta is simultaneously hiring heavily in research—adding a Vice President of AI Research and Research Product Leadership for Reality Labs—suggesting a pivot toward longer-term AI R&D even as product-execution leaders depart. The function mix remains engineering-dominant (369 of the watched cohort), but research (81) is the fastest-growing area.

−0.4% of watched staff
Net headcount · 90d: -10; mostly Engineering
New hires · 90d: 29; vs 29 hires
Departures · 90d: 39; quiet
Leadership moves · 90d: 0

Figures cover the 2,500 Meta employees Inkling watches — a slice of a company of roughly 161,805, not company-wide totals.

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Hiring paceCooling

New hires per month among the 2,500 employees we watch, last 12 months. 434 total hires.

61 joined
Jul 2025

81 joined
Aug 2025

64 joined
Sep 2025

38 joined
Oct 2025

38 joined
Nov 2025

49 joined
Dec 2025

22 joined
Jan 2026

31 joined
Feb 2026

21 joined
Mar 2026

12 joined
Apr 2026

17 joined
May 2026

0 joined
Jun 2026

12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.

17 people left Aggregate
6 people left Aggregate
5 people left Aggregate
5 people joined Engineering Aggregate
3 people left Aggregate
3 people left Aggregate

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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.

Finance +1

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-2

-3

-4

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Talent flow

Which companies Meta hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.

Recruiting from

Amazon+1

Attentive+1

GGluwa+1

IImperial College London+1

LinkedIn+1

PPrudential Financial+1

Departing to

Stealth Startup−4

22K−1

AAnchor Mission Critical−1

Anthropic−1

AArcadis−1

BBack to School!−1

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