I have fired Meta as a client,” Lemley wrote on Bluesky, the platform which has emerged as an alternative to X for left-leaning internet users

Firing low performers isn't standard in tech just yet — but that could change.

Meta has had several rounds of layoffs to adjust its staffing after it hired aggressively during the pandemic. Earlier this year, it cut several jobs in Reality Labs after letting go of 11,000 employees in 2022. Last year, another 10,000 jobs were cut as CEO Mark Zuckerberg deemed 2023 a "year of efficiency."