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Meta Drops AI Token Counts From Performance Reviews as Employees Test Hatch Agent

September 2, 2026 at 21:41 EDT

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Meta has told staff that performance reviews will no longer depend on how much they use artificial intelligence tools, even as the company encourages employees to try Hatch, a computer-using agent already in internal testing ahead of an expected public release.

Sept. 3, 2026 · Meta

Token counts off reviews. Hatch stays on.

Meta is dropping AI usage and token dashboards from performance evaluations while asking employees to try Hatch, a computer-using agent headed toward a public launch.

8,000

Jobs cut in May, about 10% of the company

60T

Tokens in 30 days on the internal leaderboard

$199.99

Monthly Hatch premium price considered

Headcount plans, drawn to scale

May’s cuts were about 10% companywide. Project OT had contemplated shrinking some teams by as much as 60%.

10%

May cuts, companywide

60%

Some teams, planned then dropped

Each block = 5 percentage points. The taller stack is six times the May cut.

Hatch capacity under discussion

A premium tier has been discussed with five to ten times the free daily capacity. The tall stack shows the upper end.

1×

Free tier

10×

Premium, up to 10×

Takeaway: more agent runtime was priced as a paid multiplier, not as a review score.

What is landing

Less coercion, some real use. Employees welcome being judged on impact, not tokens. Some already use Hatch to book appointments and organize life outside work, and call it effective.

What still sticks

Trust and job-cut fears. Others will not connect personal email or calendars. Hatch still burns more tokens than chatbots, and some worry a working agent could justify more cuts.

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