Welfle wrote earlier this month that he was laid off from Microsoft after only nine months. He’d previously spent nine months at Cruise before being laid off.
His dual layoffs might have been worse than what many others experienced, but Welfle is hardly alone in getting hit by what appears to be some employers’ penchant for regular layoffs, particularly in Silicon Valley.
One of the latest examples is Meta, which said on Wednesday that it was rejiggering some of its biggest businesses, resulting in lost jobs at Instagram, Reality Labs, and WhatsApp.
It wasn’t clear how many roles were eliminated. A Meta spokesperson told Business Insider on Wednesday that the company was looking for other positions for affected workers.