I work for a company you've never heard of that just laid off ~13% of their workforce. Not a tech firm. Not even a business that has frequent layoffs. The recession was probably the last time this happened. Later the same day, I wander off to a conference room where I find one my colleagues. I asked him how he was doing and he said, "the thing that bugs me the most is that a whole bunch of people just got fired and we're supposed to keep going like nothing happened."

I felt that. Something big happened. Layoffs like that basically destroy any trust that employees have in the organization. Not only do a bunch of people lose their jobs, they're often abruptly thrown out of the building. The ones who are left are left to wonder if they'll be next.

Zuck is going to have face the fact that once that bell has been rung, it cannot be un-rung.

burn his hawaii holdings

One more pizza party oughta do it.

Zuckerberg offered employees access to permanent desks, a symbolic gesture that unintentionally illustrated how expendable many of them had become.

lol in a dystopian kind of way

Did anyone tell him that "the beatings will continue until morale improves" is meant to be sarcasm?

"I was told high morale would increase employee performance. So I made it company policy to show high morale."

The thing is once you kill your culture it’s dead.

It is replaced with a new shittier culture, one where nobody wants to show their personality or put themselves out there and possibly piss off a vindictive HR.

Reading the article, it appears that Zuckerberg is trying to get his staff back operating like they are a startup with events like a hackathon. That his staff are no longer participating is indicating that they aren't treating Meta like a startup any more.

It isn't that Zuckerberg wants his staff to act like they are having fun, but to get back into a startup mentality where they will hopefully over perform and are instead treating it as a job where there isn't an incentive to work harder.

Seriously. How is he THIS far removed from reality?

Morale at Meta has seemingly hit rock bottom

Meta's new motto: Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die!

Is it even possible to run Facebook so badly that it stops making money? I guess we're finding out.

“Sure, some people might have lost their jobs, but hey, you still have yours - so rejoice! Loosen up, have some fun!”

You must obey the dance commander

Giving out the order for fun

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Maybe Zuck should pay his employees more for the extra work put on them from the layoff, to lift their spirits.

https://youtu.be/gudGON2SqH8