Meta employee celebrates layoff, says her soul was dying; reveals next move

Key points

• A San Francisco-based woman has gone viral after celebrating her layoff from Meta, saying the job loss made her feel “happy and free” rather than devastated.
• Asha Raval, who worked as a Product Designer at Meta since May 2022 according to her LinkedIn profile, was among roughly 8,000 employees impacted in the Mark Zuckerberg-led firm’s latest round of layoffs.
• She posted a video on Instagram revealing she had lost her job, along with a screenshot of the layoff notice she received.
• Read Full Story “I got laid off from Meta today and honestly, I feel so happy and free like I can finally breathe again,” she said in the clip.
• “The funny part is I exceeded expectations in the last four years for all of my performance reviews.