Topics regarding layoffs at Meta / Facebook

Topics regarding layoffs at Meta / Facebook

Stopgap solutions can be penny-wise but pound-foolish

As with so many things in investing, the devil is in the details. For instance, the narrative around Facebook parent Meta has been a bit negative for the last year or two, thanks to strategic missteps, and Wall Street clearly thinks its recent... — read more 

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FAANG

Remember when FAANG was a thing and everybody was trying to get a job in one of the five coveted companies? Other than Apple (and even Apple is on shaky ground), every single one has now gotten the opposite reputation. People are warned to stay away... — read more 

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Prepper in disguise or another Howard Hughes?

Read about the plans of your boss and tell me what do you think about where Meta is being lead.. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-spent-187-million-191118946.html

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Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team

So from now on only irresponsible AI algorithms in Meta? https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23966980/meta-disbanded-responsible-ai-team-artificial-intelligence

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Ready to hire again

A new article in The Washington Post is titled "After laying off thousands, Meta expects to add jobs next year." Can anybody please explain to me then what was the point of all these cuts if they're planning to turn around and rehire/replace the... — read more 

Headcount

Based on Meta's latest earnings report, their headcount as of September 30, 2023 was 66,185 - a 24% decrease compared to the same time last year. The substantial majority of employees laid off this year are no longer counted in that September... — read more 

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Incoming Cuts

There's a palpable sense of tension at Meta right now. Rumors are swirling that widespread layoffs are imminent, potentially affecting 10-15% of the workforce. That would equate to over 10,000 employees across all functions and teams. With the... — read more 

2024

2023 is the Year of Efficiency. I wonder what will be 2024!?

melinda davenport brownnoser in chief

q&a have devolved into manufactured adulations for zuck's personal life and fabricated zeal for mixed martial arts. the way zuck's face lights up whenever mma is brought up, he's never had that level of excitement for our own products, not even... — read more 

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This is a joke

We don't need RTO. We need a better CEO who is not so stuck in his pet project that he is willing to destroy the entire company and lay off tens of thousands of employees to keep it going - even though everything points to it being a failure before... — read more 

Startups are hiring

There are startups that are hiring. do not despair even if it affects you.

H1B's - Its time to return back

Its time to take a decision for return back or stay. People who worked for outsourcing companies are settled down than who studied here and worked for Meta for long time. You are not going to get GreenCard, Citizenship or Plan a settlement here for... — read more 

Riley Rojas is still at Meta

survived 4 rounds of layoffs, still at meta. engineers and developers were made redundant. year of efficiency what a joke

Ex Employee

Does anyone know the number or website of where I can request a copy of a W2 from Meta?

Redundancy package

I understand those who are worried about what will happen after the layoffs, but I believe that there are more of those who have had enough of this company and just want a redundancy package before leaving to another company...

How to Know if You're Safe

If you get an invitations this week or in early June on coping with stress and uncertainty, you're not on the list. If you haven't received these invitations, you and your team will be directly impacted.

still many layers

looking around tech orgs there's still teams under 3 directors or 3 layers of managers. those teams were notified in april so there's still a ton of inefficiency when we were supposed to cut layers we ended up right back where we were

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Bad mangers at FB

I know a manger that works at FB, I know him and he is a friend. Let me just say, he is the worst, a real piece of horse @$@# as a manager. I am thankful I have never had to work for this man. As a friend his is fine, but in a work place, the man... — read more 

Facebook work filtering posts 'cost me my humanity'

"Because I'm basically so much used to death and seeing death. It became a norm for me," he says. Deaths no longer affect him as he feels they should. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65346062

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