Meta detailed its layoff plans for this week in a memo shared with employees earlier this week, saying cuts to its workforce globally would be accompanied by ‌a fresh round of organizational changes aimed at improving the company’s AI workflows.

The Facebook owner is planning to lay off 10 percent of its employees on Wednesday (May 20), with additional deep cuts slated to come later this year, Reuters said it reported previously.

In the memo seen by the news agency, according to a Reuters report from New York, Meta Chief People Officer Janelle Gale told employees the company plans to move 7,000 employees to new initiatives related to AI workflows and to eliminate managerial roles.

In addition, “many leaders will announce org changes,” she said, “As org leaders worked on the changes, many of them incorporated AI native design principles ⁠into their new org structures. We’re now at the stage where many orgs can operate with a flatter structure with smaller teams of pods/cohorts that can move faster and with more ownership.” A Meta spokesperson declined to comment on the plan.

The changes are part of a far-reaching overhaul planned at Meta this year, as the company surges its AI investments in a bid to center AI agents in both its product offerings and its approach to work internally.

In total, the layoffs and transfers will hit about 20 percent of the company’s workforce. Some of the transfers have already happened, while in other cases employees will be notified on Wednesday, Gale said in her memo. Employees in North America were told to work from home on Wednesday.

Meta has also closed an additional 6,000 open roles as ‌part of ⁠the process, she told employees in an earlier memo. Headcount at the social media giant was 77,986 employees at the end of March, according to company filings.

Details on another new initiative called Enterprise Solutions would be shared soon, Gale said. The changes have prompted a revolt from Meta employees, who have been protesting the moves with flyers at the company’s ⁠offices and in angry posts on its internal communications platform, Workplace.