Staff of many years’ service at Meta have highlighted how incredibly let down they feel by their employer’s change of tone,
Our members are concerned over Meta’s future direction and the potential impact of policy changes on employees and on the company’s reputation.”
We won’t manage out everyone who didn’t meet expectations for the last period if we’re optimistic about their future performance, and for those we do let go, we’ll provide generous severance in line with what we provided with previous cuts. We’ll follow up with more guidance for managers ahead of calibrations. People who are impacted will be notified on February 10 or later for those outside the U.S.”
Meta is working on building some of the most important technologies in the world. AI, glasses as the next computing platform, and the future of social media. This is going to be an intense year, and I want to make sure we have the best people on our teams,
But I’m confident this will strengthen our teams and help us build leading technology to enable the future of human connection,
I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,
I kind of think in 2016 and the aftermath I gave too much deference to a lot of folks in the media who were basically saying ‘Okay, there was no way (Donald Trump) could’ve gotten elected except for misinformation. People can’t actually believe this stuff,’
The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech, so we’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our polices and restoring free expression on our platforms,
We typically manage out people who aren't meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we're going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle,