‘They had a bunch of fake jobs so they could hoard talent’: Ex Meta worker says she got paid $190K ‘to do nothing’
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This week, Meta made headlines again after announcing it would be laying off 10,000 workers. These layoffs are in addition to the 11,000 employees it fired in November of last year—meaning that in four months, Meta has let go of over 20,000 workers.
These layoffs come at an interesting time for Meta, which made a $36 billion bet on the Metaverse that has so far failed to produce its desired results. The company appears to now be pivoting to developing “generative artificial intelligence.”
As more workers are laid-off from companies like Meta, many are turning to social media to tell stories from their time at the company. Now, a user on TikTok has sparked discussion after explaining what she did at Meta.
In a video with over 122,000 views, TikTok user Maddie (@maddie_macho) writes that she got “paid $190k to do nothing at Meta.”
