Employees with technical backgrounds like user experience, software engineering, graphics programming and other roles announced on LinkedIn that they had been let go by the company on Wednesday morning. A Meta spokesperson confirmed to CNBC the cuts had started.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/19/meta-started-latest-round-of-layoffs-focusing-on-technical-employees.html
focusing on technical employees
focusing on, technically, employees. There, FIFY!
I mean ... were they really employees when all they did was "(1) go to meetings, (2) work out, and (3) vibe"?
@iom+1mdoayY2 or maybe they can learn a more useful skill like welding, or plumbing or carpentry. I'm cherishing the schadenfreude.
It's all about the shekels.
We won't see more high TC opportunities with the large supply of tech workers looking for jobs with all the AI stuff and more outsourcing replacing them.
I'm glad the hedge fund manager got richer again for just a short-term gain.
From the linked article
Wall Street has applauded the downsizing.
Maybe would be better off without Meta, but surely we will be better off without Wall Street.
How is the Build Back Better working for us?
What a beating. At this rate, the market will have enough TPM, PMs and devs for years to come.