New Delhi, April 25 -- As the May 20 layoffs loom over thousands of Meta employees, social media has been flooded with anxiety-ridden, dark humour posts as they wait to learn who will be out of a job.

In a memo sent to staff on Thursday, Meta said it shared some layoff details earlier than usual because the news had already leaked. The company plans to cut around 10% of employees next month and close 6,000 open roles.

"I know this leaves everyone with nearly a month of ambiguity, which is incredibly unsettling," wrote Meta's chief people officer Janelle Gale.

Welcome to "28 days of hell," wrote an employee on a thread posted on the anonymous workplace app Blind, under a section just for Meta workers - "How are you motivating yourself t...