>You think this is the tech job market to leave your job, and then what?

1. take that time to startup that business you've been thinking of doing

2. Coast on the months of savings and years of stock until things get better. Perhaps you even have enough for a soft retirement.

3. try to rapidly interview and hope you have a ship to jump to before the hammer comes down.

4. interview anyway because you know this means a layoff round is coming even if you wanted to move because not enough people quit on their own.

> is this IG looking to cut fat by keeping what they considered the most committed employees

If by "committed" you mean "most compensated", then yes.

>Is it because most of us can admit that it takes the right people to work remotely and that isn’t a majority? That’s more my take.

Sure, maybe. But Meta knows that isn't the reason. They lost the BOTD since 2017 in my eyes.