Meta announced a second round of layoffs in March.
The IT sector has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Several tech giants have undertaken mass layoffs, causing uncertainty among remaining employees and echoing those of thousands of others. Recently, Facebook parent Meta announced another round of layoffs with 10,000 employees facing the axe. Among them is Andrea Guzman Garcia-Luna, who has shared her struggle with mental health on LinkedIn. This is the second time Ms. Garcia-Lunas has been fired by the company.
In a lengthy LinkedIn post, she said her first encounter with layoffs came in 2018 when the Instagram community team disbanded. The second was last week.
“After the November layoffs and the March announcement (when we were told to force 10k people to lose their jobs), you would think I would have been more prepared to face it when the blow came Turns out I wasn’t,” Ms. Garcia-Luna said in her post.
“And it wasn’t for lack of trying. I created scenarios and budgets, put plans on hold, relied on therapy and tried to work and deliver as best I could. But when the day came I still Cried for two hours straight,” she added.
The former META employee then talked about the toll the whole experience had on his mental health.
Ms. Garcia-Luna said, “The truth is that this whole experience has taken such a toll on my mental health that it’s been difficult to focus on either. And with each passing day, I realize That I needed a break to recover.”
She also said she has seen people crying on Zoom calls and participating in conversations filled with fear and uncertainty about the future.
Regarding her next move, Garcia-Luna said she would like to take some time off after working non-stop for eight years.
The woman concluded the post by inviting others to join and also urged those who are recruiting to choose former Meta employees to attest to their talent.