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    In his memo, Zuckerberg predicted that even more difficult days could be ahead for the company, despite vowing to hold off on any future layoffs for the rest of the year.

    “Given the complexity of these changes, we’ve made mistakes and will almost certainly make more,” he admitted.

    “I will certainly make more mistakes that you will have to pay for, but I can promise you you will probably not be laid off for at least six months.”

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        Do you honestly believe he is going to stick to the moratorium?

        Id sooner believe he tasks AI-zuckerberg to lay them off.

        technically I didn’t lay anyone off.

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      “I’m going to make a bunch of mistakes that will cost the company a lot of money and will cost many of you your jobs. But fret not, because I will experience zero consequences for this and will continue to deserve millions for being so smart and taking on all the risk.”

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      even more difficult days could be ahead

      The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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      vowing to hold off on any future layoffs

      He didn’t say anything about holding off past layoffs. Get ready for some retroactive shitcanning.

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    Desperate to recreate that startup atmosphere and stop everyone thinking about how they work for an evil data collection machine.

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    Fuck 'em. This far into Meta’s descent into a capitalist surveillance platform, they should know what kind of company they work for. They only find it to be a problem if they aren’t “finding meaning” in the “interesting technical challenges” of turning people into data points.

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      Meta employee here. People here are so entitled. I knew what I signed up for, but it seems many of my colleagues were/are oblivious

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        You knew what you signed up for, but still signed up for it?

        “Hmmmmm, this Adolph Hitler guy seems antisementic, and wants me to help him build an army. Welp. A job is a job…guess I’m a nazi soldier now…”

        Same energy.

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          I mean I think comparing Zuck to Hitler is a stretch, but also consider that Hitler would be a lot more limited if his soldiers knew what was going on and were morally concious

          But yea I do it for the money. I make over 5x the salary compared to my previous job

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            Just like I block all your employer’s domains I block you. I’ve had the chance to sell out too but it’s kind of gross that you know that what you’re doing is wrong but you rationalize it with “because money.”

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          Maybe he just didn’t want to work till death. The big tech companies used to pay enough that you could retire early fairly easily. Few other opportunities for that unless you’re born into wealth and connections.

          Idk if they still pay the same after all the layoffs, I haven’t kept up because under Trump, the US is no longer an attractive place to work.

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      If anything, a directive from the boss to have fun in the absence of extra money and time off will inspire the opposite of fun. Like being told to deal with burnout by forcing more meetings, surveys, seminars and training about burnout.

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        He thinks he does. Its just, we dont find it fun to purchase entire presidencies, build private schools only for our chosen children in our backyards, and stare at Mrs Bezo’s plastic tits like they’re being reborn in flame before our very eyes.

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    If all the employees got together and picked a special day, perhaps something symbolic like the the 4th of july, and picked their favorite command to run perhaps rm -rf /. That sort of team building is great for moral and it also benefits society.