每當Meta進行部門整頓時,公司就會告訴某些員工:要么在一個月內被公司重新雇傭,要么離職。
而且,還有更多的人將被放上這個名單。
據《華爾街日報》(Wall Street Journal)在9月21日報道稱,隨著競爭加劇、業務增長受挫和股價暴跌,該社交媒體巨頭(原Facebook)計劃在未來幾個月削減成本至少10%。這家公司將越來越多的員工放到了傳統的“30天名單”里,許多人的工作崗位正在被公司取消。
Meta最近宣布公司收入減少,自公司于十年前上市以來,這種情況尚屬首次。公司的首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格發出警告稱,公司“將縮減”團隊規模,并且預計很快就不得不“用更少的資源做更多的事情”。
今年9月初,有爆料稱此次被裁撤的部門包括負責Meta的產品道德考量的團隊。就在今年8月,有媒體報道稱Meta曾經使用一種算法“隨機”裁員60人。
這件事情讓我們可以透過表面,看到在糟糕的2022年,Meta內部的種種亂象。
“索倫之眼”的30天名單
為了在進一步裁員的時候避免使用傳統的裁員方式,Meta(旗下包括Facebook、Instagram和WhatsApp)將使用30天名單。該公司一直通過這種方式來淘汰績效低下的員工。據《華爾街日報》引述受影響的管理者和員工的話稱,最近在公司進行重組期間,許多績效出色的員工在工作崗位被裁撤之后,發現自己也被列入了這個名單。
Meta并未回復《財富》雜志的置評請求,但公司發言人告訴《華爾街日報》,給員工設置一個截止期限意味著公司能夠留住優秀人才。
從今年年初以來,隨著科技股全面下跌,公司業績不及預期,對元宇宙的100億美元投資也引發了質疑,導致Meta股價暴跌近60%。今年2月,Meta的市值在一個下午縮水近2,000億美元,創下歷史紀錄。
因此,今年對Meta而言是極不平凡的一年。
今年早些時候,Meta的老板爆料說有同事稱他是“索倫之眼”(Eye of Sauron)。索倫是《指環王》(Lord of the Rings)中反派的名字。雖然這似乎是一個負面的綽號,但扎克伯格卻堅持說同事是“親切地”給他起了這個綽號。
曾經有知情者在今年早些時候向《財富》雜志透露,長期擔任首席運營官的謝麗爾·桑德伯格離職,進一步加劇了公司內部長期積聚的混亂和不安。
桑德伯格宣布離職后不久,扎克伯格表示他將對員工“施加壓力”。他在問答環節中說:“有些人可能認為這家公司不適合你們,這是你們自己的選擇,我可以接受?!?/p>
扎克伯格自己也表現出一些面臨壓力的跡象。在夏天接受采訪時,他曾經告訴播客主持人喬·羅根,作為Meta的首席執行官,他感覺“每天醒來就像肚子被打了一拳”,不確定他是否在開玩笑。
除了Meta以外,其他科技巨頭也會告訴員工為了避免被裁員,他們能夠在內部申請新崗位。
據媒體報道,谷歌(Google)的母公司Alphabet采用了類似的方式來縮小團隊規模,對于工作崗位將被裁撤的員工,通常會為他們提供60天時間來申請新崗位。
據Quartz報道,今年8月,谷歌的內部孵化器Area 120裁員超過50人,并給他們90天時間在公司內部申請其他崗位。
今年3月,有許多谷歌員工被告知他們的崗位將被裁撤,如果他們希望繼續留在公司,就將有60天時間找到新崗位,當時1,400名谷歌員工向公司請愿,要求將期限延長到180天。
科技公司面對經濟下滑,還要努力應對大規模科技股下跌,于是整個行業出現了裁員潮。Snap、Patreon、Twilio和Netflix最近幾個月都宣布裁員或停止招聘。
但對扎克伯格來說,這并非全部都是壞消息。他在接受羅根采訪時,高調講述了他的元宇宙技術可以如何幫助員工。他說人們能夠“遠距離辦公”是“非常美妙的”,而且他在新冠疫情期間,在夏威夷遠程辦公的時候學會了沖浪,展現了遠程辦公的一個優點。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
每當Meta進行部門整頓時,公司就會告訴某些員工:要么在一個月內被公司重新雇傭,要么離職。
而且,還有更多的人將被放上這個名單。
據《華爾街日報》(Wall Street Journal)在9月21日報道稱,隨著競爭加劇、業務增長受挫和股價暴跌,該社交媒體巨頭(原Facebook)計劃在未來幾個月削減成本至少10%。這家公司將越來越多的員工放到了傳統的“30天名單”里,許多人的工作崗位正在被公司取消。
Meta最近宣布公司收入減少,自公司于十年前上市以來,這種情況尚屬首次。公司的首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格發出警告稱,公司“將縮減”團隊規模,并且預計很快就不得不“用更少的資源做更多的事情”。
今年9月初,有爆料稱此次被裁撤的部門包括負責Meta的產品道德考量的團隊。就在今年8月,有媒體報道稱Meta曾經使用一種算法“隨機”裁員60人。
這件事情讓我們可以透過表面,看到在糟糕的2022年,Meta內部的種種亂象。
“索倫之眼”的30天名單
為了在進一步裁員的時候避免使用傳統的裁員方式,Meta(旗下包括Facebook、Instagram和WhatsApp)將使用30天名單。該公司一直通過這種方式來淘汰績效低下的員工。據《華爾街日報》引述受影響的管理者和員工的話稱,最近在公司進行重組期間,許多績效出色的員工在工作崗位被裁撤之后,發現自己也被列入了這個名單。
Meta并未回復《財富》雜志的置評請求,但公司發言人告訴《華爾街日報》,給員工設置一個截止期限意味著公司能夠留住優秀人才。
從今年年初以來,隨著科技股全面下跌,公司業績不及預期,對元宇宙的100億美元投資也引發了質疑,導致Meta股價暴跌近60%。今年2月,Meta的市值在一個下午縮水近2,000億美元,創下歷史紀錄。
因此,今年對Meta而言是極不平凡的一年。
今年早些時候,Meta的老板爆料說有同事稱他是“索倫之眼”(Eye of Sauron)。索倫是《指環王》(Lord of the Rings)中反派的名字。雖然這似乎是一個負面的綽號,但扎克伯格卻堅持說同事是“親切地”給他起了這個綽號。
曾經有知情者在今年早些時候向《財富》雜志透露,長期擔任首席運營官的謝麗爾·桑德伯格離職,進一步加劇了公司內部長期積聚的混亂和不安。
桑德伯格宣布離職后不久,扎克伯格表示他將對員工“施加壓力”。他在問答環節中說:“有些人可能認為這家公司不適合你們,這是你們自己的選擇,我可以接受。”
扎克伯格自己也表現出一些面臨壓力的跡象。在夏天接受采訪時,他曾經告訴播客主持人喬·羅根,作為Meta的首席執行官,他感覺“每天醒來就像肚子被打了一拳”,不確定他是否在開玩笑。
除了Meta以外,其他科技巨頭也會告訴員工為了避免被裁員,他們能夠在內部申請新崗位。
據媒體報道,谷歌(Google)的母公司Alphabet采用了類似的方式來縮小團隊規模,對于工作崗位將被裁撤的員工,通常會為他們提供60天時間來申請新崗位。
據Quartz報道,今年8月,谷歌的內部孵化器Area 120裁員超過50人,并給他們90天時間在公司內部申請其他崗位。
今年3月,有許多谷歌員工被告知他們的崗位將被裁撤,如果他們希望繼續留在公司,就將有60天時間找到新崗位,當時1,400名谷歌員工向公司請愿,要求將期限延長到180天。
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但對扎克伯格來說,這并非全部都是壞消息。他在接受羅根采訪時,高調講述了他的元宇宙技術可以如何幫助員工。他說人們能夠“遠距離辦公”是“非常美妙的”,而且他在新冠疫情期間,在夏威夷遠程辦公的時候學會了沖浪,展現了遠程辦公的一個優點。(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Get rehired within a month or leave, Meta has long told certain employees whose departments got reorganized.
There’s more where that came from.
With competition intensifying, growth waning, and its stock price slumping, the social media titan formerly known as Facebook plans to cut costs by at least 10% in the coming months, the Wall Street Journal reported on September 21. And it’s taken to putting more and more workers whose jobs are being eliminated on its traditional “30-day list.”
Meta recently reported its first revenue decline since going public a decade ago, prompting CEO Mark Zuckerberg to warn that teams within the company were “going to shrink” and that he expected the firm would soon have to “get more done with fewer resources.”
Earlier this month, it emerged that the team responsible for ethical considerations relating to Meta’s products was among those set to be axed. And in August, Meta reportedly used an algorithm to lay off 60 workers “at random.”
It’s the latest look under the surface at inner turmoil at Meta throughout a chastening 2022.
The “eye of Sauron’s” 30-day list
In a bid to downsize further without conducting traditional layoffs, Meta—which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp—is utilizing its 30-day list, which has long been how the firm has weeded out its lower-performing workers. More recently, performers in good standing whose jobs happen to get cut are finding themselves on it as the company reorganizes, the Journal reported, citing affected managers and employees.
Meta did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment, but a spokesperson for the company told the Journal that giving employees the deadline meant it was able to retain top talent.
Shares of Meta have lost almost 60% of their value since the beginning of the year amid a broad tech selloff, disappointing earnings, and skepticism over the tech giant’s $10 billion investment in the metaverse. In February, the company saw almost $200 billion of its value wiped away in a single historic afternoon.
Looking back, the company has been going through a lot this year.
Earlier this year, the Meta boss revealed some of his workers referred to him as the “Eye of Sauron”—the name of the villain from the Lord of the Rings. Despite the seemingly negative parallel, Zuckerberg insisted the nickname had been invented “lovingly.”
Meanwhile, the departure of longtime COO Sheryl Sandberg exacerbated the mounting disarray and disquiet within the company walls, insiders told Fortune earlier this year.
Shortly after Sandberg announced she was leaving the company, Zuckerberg said he would be “turning up the heat” on employees. “Some of you might decide that this place isn’t for you, and that self-selection is OK with me,” he said in a Q&A session.
Zuckerberg himself is showing signs of stress. In an interview over the summer, while it wasn’t clear if he was joking, he told podcast host Joe Rogan that in his role as Meta CEO, he felt like “every day you wake up and you’re punched in the stomach.”
Meta isn’t the only tech giant telling employees to apply internally for a new job to avoid being laid off.
Google parent Alphabet reportedly employs a similar approach to scaling its workforce back, typically giving workers 60 days in which to apply for a new role if their jobs are set to be cut.
In August, Google fired more than 50 workers at its incubator Area 120, Quartz reported, and gave them 90 days to secure another job at the company.
Back in March, 1,400 Google employees petitioned the company to extend the window to 180 days after various Googlers were informed their roles would be eliminated and told they had 60 days to find and transfer to a new position if they wanted to remain at the firm.
The sector as a whole is experiencing waves of layoffs as companies brace for an economic downturn and wrestle with a widescale tech selloff. Snap, Patreon, Twilio, and Netflix are among those in the industry to have announced layoffs or hiring freezes in recent months.
It isn’t all dark for Zuckerberg, though. In the same interview with Rogan, he mused aloud about how his metaverse technology could help employees, saying it would be “pretty sweet” for people to be able to teleport to work, and he did a version of that during the pandemic when he learned to surf while working out of Hawaii.