Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hinted to his staff that the future of the company's work from home policy may be in jeopardy, as he announced yet another round of mass layoffs early this week. 

In the layoff message, which was also branded as a note about Zuckerberg's ongoing 'year of efficiency,' the Meta CEO devoted a significant portion to the subject of 'in-person time.' 

He concluded that, at least for new employees, in-person work is more effective for productivity levels.

Zuckerberg wrote that early analysis of the performance data indicates that engineers who joined the company remotely performed worse than those who joined in person.

Engineers who are early in their careers also seemed to perform better on average when they work in-person with teammates at least a majority of the week.

© Provided by Daily Mail Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in an email that the company would be thinking about how to process results of an analysis that determined engineers who began their employment at the office are more productive than those who began remotely

© Provided by Daily Mail Meta's California headquarters. Zuckerberg told employees that for the time being they should try to collaborate in person as much as possible

'Our early analysis of performance data suggests that engineers who either joined Meta in-person and then transferred to remote or remained in-person performed better on average than people who joined remotely,' read the note.

'This analysis also shows that engineers earlier in their career perform better on average when they work in-person with teammates at least three days a week.'

Zuckerberg emphasized that the company is committed to 'distributed work' but did not mention whether or not the future of work rom home is at stake.

'We're also committed to continuously refining out model to make this work as effectively as possible,' he wrote. 

Meta has embraced remote work as part of its push toward the metaverse. The company has allowed workers to continue working from wherever they please, even as other titanic tech companies have pushed for most of their staff to return to the office.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, previously a proponent of work from home policies, said that new employees at his company are 'facing much lower productivity' and wondered if that was 'a reflection of our office policy.'

Back in June of 2022, Elon Musk told Tesla and SpaceX employees to come back to their respective offices for at least 40 hours a week or leave the company. 

More recently, in November Musk told all remaining Twitter employees that they must come in to the office for work, noting the 'difficult times ahead.'

'The road ahead is arduous and will require intense work to succeed,' he wrote, as he assumed control of the company. 

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Employees pass in front of private meeting rooms at the Meta Frank Gehry-designed MPK 21 office building in Menlo Park, California, U.S

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Zuckerberg wrote that it is imperative to the company's 'year of efficiency' to understand further the implications of the data analysis they now have. 

'As part of our Year of Efficiency, we’re focusing on understanding this further and finding ways to make sure people build the necessary connections to work effectively,' he wrote.

'In the meantime, I encourage all of you to find more opportunities to work with your colleagues in person.'

Meta's stock rose seven percent last week after reports of more layoffs trickled out and rose slightly again Tuesday after they were officially announced on Monday.

Meta joined a long list of tech companies that announced and continue to announce layoffs due to the current market.

Twitter, Amazon, Salesforce, and Microsoft have also announced tens of thousands of layoffs combined in the last months.