Meta’s latest layoff memo was meant to calm the room. Instead, some employees appear to be reading it like a contract clause. After cutting about 10% of its workforce, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told remaining employees the company does not expect another round of company-wide layoffs this year, according to reports. But Reuters reported that some workers focused on the promise’s careful wording, questioning how much reassurance it actually offered. That reaction points to a deeper problem inside Meta: after weeks of uncertainty, reassignment, and an aggressive AI push, employees may be less worried about one layoff round than about whether the company’s workforce strategy has truly settled. Weeks after it first made headlines , Meta began its biggest layoff of 2026 on May 20. The move was intended to reduce its headcount by about 8,000 . The layoffs began in Singapore with a 4 a.m. email, spreading westwards.…