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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by paxys on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:15PM (#33537942)
I agree without your overall point, that Facebook employees have been very well taken care of, but:

> There was a blanket "don't worry about performance, take care of your families" guarantee that honestly was an enormous help.

Yet now he is firing people based on those same performance reviews. Plenty of people I know at Facebook feel betrayed because of exactly this.

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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by CobrastanJorji on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:13PM (#33538738)
When your CEO's most famous quote is "They 'trust me.' Dumb fucks," you shouldn't be surprised what happens when you trust him.
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Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by carstenhag on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:22AM (#33543289)
The beginning of covid is 2.5 years ago. I don't see how you can today say that he lied.
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