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tech giant meta The company has reportedly fired about 20 Los Angeles-based employees for misusing the company's $25 meal vouchers to purchase non-food household items.
of The Financial Times reported Meta fired workers last week after discovering they were abusing the food credit system and using the funds to buy other household items, from acne pads and wine glasses to laundry detergent. said.
According to the report, Meta's staff are given a per diem of $20 for breakfast, $25 for lunch and an additional $25 for dinner, which other major technology companies do not offer employees on top of their regular compensation packages. The benefits are similar to those offered to employees.
The fired Meta employees had long been abusing the system, in some cases sharing money and sending meals home when the company intended to use credit at the office. , FT reported, citing sources. I am familiar with the matter. They added that workers who broke food stamp rules were only occasionally disciplined and never fired.
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Meta has reportedly fired some employees who abused the food credit program. (Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The FT examined posts on the anonymous messaging platform Blind. In the post, former Meta staffers, who were paid around $400,000 at the tech giant, said they used the service. $25 meal credit You can purchase groceries such as toothpaste and tea at Rite Aid Pharmacy.
| ticker | safety | last | change | change % |
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| Meta | Meta Platforms Co., Ltd. | 576.79 | -9.48 |
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The staffer reportedly acknowledged in the post that he had misused the credit when Meta's human resources department began investigating the practice, and said he was then abruptly fired for being “unrealistic.”
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced about 21,000 layoffs over the past two years. (Reuters/Stephen Lamb/Reuters Photo)
Meta – parent company of facebook and instagram – has been undergoing a restructuring drive in recent years, with the FT reporting that the tech giant is in the midst of fresh layoffs and some team changes.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meta announced in November 2022 that it would lay off more than 11,000 employees, followed by another round of layoffs in spring 2023 during what he called “the year of efficiency.” affected employees.
At the beginning of this year, Mr Zuckerberg said: The layoffs are not due to the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), but rather that Meta, like other tech companies, has become “overbuilt” as a result of investing heavily in the surge in e-commerce during the coronavirus era. was the cause.
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“I think a lot of companies across the economy overbuilt themselves, but then when things went back pretty much to exactly what they were before, a lot of companies realized, 'Hey, we're OK.' 'I think we've overbuilt and we're not in a very good place economically,' Zuckerberg told host Neil Freiman and Toby on the Morning Brew Daily podcast. -Told Mr. Howell.
FOX Business' Daniella Genovese contributed to this report.
