Less is more? | Instagram forces staff to relocate thousands of miles, or lose job

Instagram is planning to cut or relocate roughly 100 staff members from its London office, continuing the ongoing narrative of layoffs in the tech sector.

The image sharing app’s CEO Adam Mosseri moved to London last year to lead the company from its European headquarters in Covent Garden. But the chief exec is now planning to relocate to New York with the remaining staff who haven’t been laid off.

In a memo sent to employees on Wednesday, Instagram’s parent company Meta said more layoffs would be conducted, including some in May. Lori Goler, Meta’s Head of People, said in the memo: “This will be a difficult time as we say goodbye to friends and colleagues who have contributed so much to Meta.”

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