Instagram-owner Meta fires staff for buying toothpaste, not lunch Workers at Meta have allegedly been sacked for abusing the tech firm's meal voucher system, such as using it to buy toothpaste and washing powder.
Other breaches of the policy included sharing the vouchers with others or going over budget, according to people who stated they work at Meta.
There are differing accounts over how much warning, if any, the owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp gave the workers before firing them.
Separately, the company has purport cut jobs across the business. Meta has been contacted for comment.
Meta staff are given $25 (£19) for lunch, $20 for breakfast, and $25 for dinner in vouchers which are meant to be used for ordering food from Grubhub, the US name for takeaway website Just Eat.
Posts on anonymous work social message board Blind appear to substantiate elements of the story, originally declared by the Financial Times.
One user wrote that more than 30 people were fired latest week because they used the credits for "non-food items, shared credits with people, or went above budget".
Examples of the non-food items bought included toothpaste, toothbrushes and wine glasses.
"They were given a cautioning to stop which most of them did, but were still fired three months later even after stopping," the user said.
Some repeated the purport the staff were warned, though other users wrote that there were no warnings.
Regards to BBC
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Published 10/20/2024