Meta Fires Dozens of Employees Over Their Use of Food Stamps

Meta, founded and led by Mark Zuckerberg, has laid off more than twenty employees in Los Angeles due to…use $25 in food stamps to buy household items.” which included washing powder, acne patches and wine glasses, according to ZF media.

The decision was made last week on Tuesday, shortly before the $1.5 trillion company announced a separate restructuring of some teams at Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs.

During the reorganization staff reduction and relocation of other employees, as several people explained to the aforementioned media outlets. It is believed that the campaign is not yet over, so more layoffs may occur.

Like the rest of the big tech companies, Meta also offers food checks to its Silicon Valley employees. In fact, those who work in small establishments are offered discounts and credits on Uber Eats and other similar apps so that they can deliver food to the office.

In total, employees received daily tasks $20 for breakfast, $25 for lunch and $25 for dinner, plus $25 “meal credits.”

According to the same sources, the fired employees had been abusing the voucher system for a long time.some save money, while others order food at home, when the check was intended for office use. Those who ever broke the rule were simply warned.

In a post published on Blind, the former employee admitted to using some of the loans to buy items such as toothpaste or tea and stated that “On the days when I didn’t go to the office for lunch, I came to the conclusion that I couldn’t even spend the credit on dinner.”

When information about this behavior reached the human resources department, the victim unexpectedly received a letter of dismissal. “It’s surreal that something like this is happening.“The man complained.

The company responded by defending it “Some meta teams are making changes to ensure resources align with their long-term strategic goals and deployment strategy.”. He added: “This includes moving some teams to other teams and assigning some staff to different positions. In situations like this, where a position is eliminated, we try to find other opportunities for the affected employees.”