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According the The Wall Street Journal Zuckerberg told this to executives on Tuesday.

Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

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The Wall Street Journal reported that thousands of employees are expected to be retrenched after Zuckerberg admitted he overestimated growth of Meta which has led to overstaffing.

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