Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

Meta's engineering culture, which had evolved over two decades into a high-performance organization known for balancing speed with stable infrastructure, has dramatically deteriorated since April 2024 as leadership pursues an AI-driven agenda that has demoralized engineers and shifted engineering from a profit center to a cost center. The company's shift away from its proven engineering principles—which emphasized individual impact, empowerment, and quality—has resulted in internal chaos, including what the article describes as self-inflicted wounds and engineering staff feeling undervalued and mistreated.