Movers, Shakers, & Money Makers: The Meta Recruiter Edition
The top job changes for former Meta recruiters and HR team members in 2025
Meta enacted a very public and very contentious round of layoffs on Monday (Feb 10th). While it will be a rough road ahead for many of the former Meta employees impacted, they can take some solace…
Already in 2025, dozens of former Meta Talent and HR team members have landed new roles at top companies that are hiring. If I had to place my bets, these will be the people and (some of) the companies that hire the most Meta alumni in the coming months.
Who has hired Meta talent talent? Which other Meta alumni will follow?
Ben Teusch: Meta ➤ Atlassian, Lead People Insights Partner
Nina Magan: Bose Corporation ➤ Anduril Industries, Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition
Mimi Han: Rivian ➤ Databricks, Manager, Talent Acquisition (Sourcing)
Swathi Kalvakala: Apple ➤ Google, Senior Program Specialist, Talent Engagement
Linh Nguyen, SHRM-CP: Coinbase ➤ Gemini, Senior Associate, People Solutions
Nikki Hickman: Boeing ➤ Lyra Health, Director, HRBP
William Rannals: Activision Blizzard ➤ Atlassian, Principal, Enterprise Talent Development
Kelly Hines: Groq ➤ KONE, Head of Americas, Talent & Culture
David Li: Moonhub ➤ SeekOut, Principal Talent Advisor
Gary Hebding Jr.: Iterable ➤ Stripe, GTM Recruiter
Shafali Kataria: Meta ➤ Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, Lead Technical Recruiter
Josh Adrian: Matchr ➤ Lyft, Sr. Technical Recruiter
John Dip: The General Partnership ➤ Varda Space Industries, Principal Recruiter
Megan Lyons: Everlaw ➤ Scale AI, Senior Recruiter
Christopher Lengyel: Career Break ➤ VSCO®, Lead Recruiter
Ryan McKay: FPSG ➤ Addepar, Senior Recruiter
Crystal H. Jones: Booking.com ➤ Motional, Technical Recruiter
Saidul Ahmed: RBC ➤ Autodesk, Senior Technical Recruiter
Margaret King: Saleforce➤ Stripe, Recruiter - GTM
Dan Paine: The Trade Desk ➤ Jane Street, Technical Recruiter APAC (Experienced Hires)
More insights on Meta’s workforce:
What lead to Meta’s latest layoffs?
While the other four Big Tech companies took a restrained approach to workforce growth in 2024, Meta went on a hiring spree, growing total headcount over 6x more than its peers. The data show that Meta may have "overinvested" in certain groups relative to Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.
💼 Meta was the ONLY Big Tech company to grow its Manager, Director, and VP ranks in the last year
💻 Meta was the ONLY Big Tech company to grow its Marketing and Product teams in the last year
👨💻 Even in a year when every Big Tech company grew their Engineering teams, Meta grew its Engineering staff almost 10x more than the peer group's average
The massive gap between Meta and its peers over the last year raises several questions about how and why Meta chose such a different strategy leading to a 🎢 rollercoaster ride for its workforce, talent teams, and leadership.
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