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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

One more pizza party oughta do it.

[–] classic@fedia.io 21 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 minutes ago

"Don't forget, you're here forever... or at least until you're replaced by a machine."

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 hours ago

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.

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 32 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] teslasdisciple@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 28 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Enjoy your time at Meta, it’ll be over before you know it!

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 39 minutes ago

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 7 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] cloudless@kbin.earth 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"Survivor guilt?! I think you mean 'survivor glee!'"

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Survivor quilting, because fun will now commence

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Seriously. How is he THIS far removed from reality?

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 hours ago

How could a billionaire not be? Pretty sure this has been pretty well studied. Having too much money is basically toxic.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 hours ago

Morale at Meta has seemingly hit rock bottom

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You must obey the dance commander

Giving out the order for fun

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago

Radio message from H.Q.:

Dance Commander, we love you.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago