Meta Employees Struggle With Low Morale After Layoffs; Zuckerberg Urges Them to 'Have Fun'
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Victor Tangermann
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Meta's employee morale has hit rock bottom following multiple rounds of major layoffs, including 8,000 workers laid off last month alone (roughly 10% of its workforce) as part of the company's chaotic refocusing around AI. Remaining employees are reportedly being forced to perform grunt work training AI models, which is driving many of them to frustration. In response, Mark Zuckerberg issued an internal memo ordering employees to start having fun again, attempting to lift spirits after the brutal layoffs culled their colleagues.
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· 3 pulledMorale at Meta has seemingly hit rock bottom.
Employees have been roiling from multiple rounds of major layoffs.
Many of those who remain are now forced to perform the grunt work to train AI models, weekly busywork that's already driving some of them up the wall.
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