Facebook is being abandoned by top executives. Here's everyone who has left since the Cambridge Analytica catastrophe last year.

Elliot Schrage's job was never going to be easy. He joined Facebook as its public policy and communications chief in 2008 from Google, where he held a similar role.

During his decade at Facebook, he often came under fire for the way the company handled privacy. After he conducted a "condescending" Q&A with New York Times readers in 2010, journalists compared the company to BP.

Time at Facebook: 10 years

Stamos, as Facebook's chief security officer, was surprisingly vocal during his tenure. He often criticised the way the media covered technical issues, and particularly took issue with the way Cambridge Analytica was covered.

In spite of this, Stamos did reportedly try to warn senior Facebook executives about the danger of election interference. He's thought to have quit because the problem was handled so poorly internally.

Time at Facebook: 3 years

Facebook's policy and communications team has arguably seen the most change in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Rachel Whetstone, formerly VP of communications of its WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, looked like a smart hire given her deep political connections in Europe — but she left Facebook for Netflix after just a year.

Time at Facebook: 1 year

Rose had been a longtime Facebooker and, he says, his departure had nothing to do with troubles at the company and everything to do with his family. His children had decided to go to school in Hawaii, and he decided to move from California in order to remain with his family. At Facebook, Rose had overseen the firm's media, mobile, and platform partnerships and other elements of the business.

Time at Facebook: 12 years

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger arguably built the one company that might have destroyed Facebook's monopoly on social media. Instagram's simple functionality and image-focused service was an antidote to the bloated Facebook app. When Facebook offered $1 billion to acquire Instagram in 2012, the founders took the deal.

Six years later, the two left amid reports that Zuckerberg was taking increasing control over Instagram's strategy, integrating it further with the main Facebook platform. "No one ever leaves a job because everything’s awesome," Systrom later said.

Time at Facebook: 6 years

Brendan Iribe was cofounder of virtual reality company Oculus, and joined Facebook when it bought the company in 2014. Unlike WhatsApp and Instagram, the success of Oculus is less of a sure bet.

Time at Facebook: 4 years

It's not wildly surprising that Neeraj Arora, originally a WhatsApp employee, exited Facebook the same year WhatsApp's founders did. Arora was tasked with turning WhatsApp into a revenue-generating business, something that repeatedly resulted in clashes between the founders and Facebook's executives.

Time at Facebook: 4 years

Debbie Frost was, according to Recode, Facebook's longest-serving PR executive having joined the firm in 2008. Her departure heralded a major reshuffle of the communications team, with the UK's former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg taking the top communications job, and fellow PR executive Caryn Marooney also announcing her departure.

Time at Facebook: 10 years.

Marooney joined the social network in 2011 having previously cofounded a tech-oriented PR firm, and was Facebook's VP of communications. When asked about her departure by Wired, a Facebook spokeswoman said: "It's been a really, really long time. I think she just wants to take a step back."

Time at Facebook: 8 years

Chris Cox joined Facebook in 2005. He helped build some of the social network's most recognisable features, such as the news feed.

His departure signalled a major reshuffle at the company's highest levels following Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he was going to make the company more privacy-focused.

In his memo announcing Cox's departure, Zuckerberg repeatedly made reference to the new emphasis on privacy.

No one will be filling Cox's shoes as chief product officer, and instead, the heads of Facebook's various apps will report directly to Zuckerberg.

Time at Facebook: 14 years

Chris Daniels departure was announced alongside Chris Cox. Previously the head of Zuckerberg's project Internet.org — an initiative to get the poorest people in the world internet access — Daniels became the VP of WhatsApp in May 2018, soon after the departure of cofounder Jan Koum. His place was taken by Will Cathcart, formerly the head of Facebook's core app.

Time at Facebook: 8 years

Stretch, Facebook's longtime general counsel, announced his departure in 2018 but has reversed his decision for the time being, according to Recode. Stretch has decided to stick around because Facebook is still in crisis mode, but it's possible he will leave in the summer of 2019.

Time at Facebook: 8 years (and counting)