Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It's putting those people in an awkward... — read more
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
Meta's leaner strategy despite advertising rebound
https://www.adnews.com.au/news/meta-s-leaner-strategy-despite-advertising-rebound
How many more jobs will his dream going to cost us?
Keeping the faith: Mark Zuckerberg still believes in his $14 billion bet Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse has become a thing of memes and parodies but the billionaire remains unfazed by the... — read more
Will Zuck wear an Occulus..
during his cage fight with Elmo?
Occulus or Apple - which is better
Apples reveal is way more stylin than Occulus. Are we in trouble?
AI will cause more layoffs, most people believe so
Is AI Coming for Your Job? 65% of Workers Are Worried The jury's still out when it comes to the role of artificial intelligence in the workplace. Some argue AI is a revolutionary boon to the economy; others believe it's a dystopian... — read more
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.
Facebook whacking another 1,100 Bay Area heads
https://nordot.app/1036821245074637603?c=592622757532812385
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?
Replacing with cheap labor H1bs?
I heard once layoffs are over, they will hire cheap labor H1bs. Can someone confirm?
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.
Have layoffs started?
Or is that later in the week?
Another 6k to be cut next week
Good luck all. This doesn't seem like it will be ending any time soon.
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
May 24, 2023 is the next round
I been told May 24, 2023 is the next round and no needs to go to the office. Dream job is over.
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
Elon has proved social media doesn’t need so many engineers
As long as you find the ones you need to keep.
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
Is Meta the Chrysler of the High Tech industry?
Say M$FT is Ford, Google is GM then Meta must be Dodge/Chrysler, no? Or AMC?
Meta knowingly discriminating against US workers and hiring H1Bs
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Labor today announced separate settlement agreements with Facebook regarding its use of the permanent labor certification program (PERM). The Justice Department’s settlement resolves its... — read more
Facebook had UX designers ??
The UI at Facebook was horrific
I Asked About Layoffs in 2017!
During a December 2017 interview I asked if Facebook would be as energetic about laying off people “when the music stopped” as they were about hiring at such a fast rate. The finance guy liked the question, but the managers and execs did not. They... — read more
H1B gone?
How many H1B people getting laid off and need to leave the united states?
I'm afraid the future of the company is looking bleak
It might be a harsh thing to say, but perhaps the layoff is a blessing in disguise for many because I don't think that anything will get better here. The golden years have passed and, unfortunately, the steep decline is hardly stoppable, although... — read more
24 billion loss in Meta Verse
Besides the absurd commercial by Zuck, it’s an insane amount of waste— 24 billion on such a stupid project?!... — read more
Ideal number of employees
I am somewhat surprised that some here are saying that no more than 10,000 employees are needed here. Are you sure you would like to work in such a Meta?
The end goal
I wonder if MZ has a final number of employees he is aiming for with these layoffs. I'm sure people would like to know if they're safe after one of these rounds is done or if they're only getting a short reprieve before it starts again. I hate seeing... — read more
The Next Round starts next week?
I dont work at Facebook but good luck guys!!!
86,000 people, what do you all do?
I have worked for 3 international fintech companies, leaders in their fields. They all do complicated work in moving money safely and securely. These companies have multiple products, and the corresponding teams needed to support this critical... — read more