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越来越多的Meta员工被扎克伯格放进“30天名单”:要么找到新岗位,要么离职

越来越多的Meta员工被扎克伯格放进“30天名单”:要么找到新岗位,要么离职

Chloe Taylor 2022-09-26
随着竞争加剧、业务增长受挫和股价暴跌,该社交媒体巨头计划在未来几个月削减成本至少10%。

Meta公司首席执行官马克·扎克伯格。图片来源:SVEN HOPPE/PICTURE ALLIANCE VIA GETTY IMAGES

每当Meta进行部门整顿时,公司就会告诉某些员工:要么在一个月内被公司重新雇佣,要么离职。

而且,还有更多的人将被放上这个名单。

据《华尔街日报》(Wall Street Journal)在9月21日报道称,随着竞争加剧、业务增长受挫和股价暴跌,该社交媒体巨头(原Facebook)计划在未来几个月削减成本至少10%。这家公司将越来越多的员工放到了传统的“30天名单”里,许多人的工作岗位正在被公司取消。

Meta最近宣布公司收入减少,自公司于十年前上市以来,这种情况尚属首次。公司的首席执行官马克·扎克伯格发出警告称,公司“将缩减”团队规模,并且预计很快就不得不“用更少的资源做更多的事情”。

今年9月初,有爆料称此次被裁撤的部门包括负责Meta的产品道德考量的团队。就在今年8月,有媒体报道称Meta曾经使用一种算法“随机”裁员60人。

这件事情让我们可以透过表面,看到在糟糕的2022年,Meta内部的种种乱象。

“索伦之眼”的30天名单

为了在进一步裁员的时候避免使用传统的裁员方式,Meta(旗下包括Facebook、Instagram和WhatsApp)将使用30天名单。该公司一直通过这种方式来淘汰绩效低下的员工。据《华尔街日报》引述受影响的管理者和员工的话称,最近在公司进行重组期间,许多绩效出色的员工在工作岗位被裁撤之后,发现自己也被列入了这个名单。

Meta并未回复《财富》杂志的置评请求,但公司发言人告诉《华尔街日报》,给员工设置一个截止期限意味着公司能够留住优秀人才。

从今年年初以来,随着科技股全面下跌,公司业绩不及预期,对元宇宙的100亿美元投资也引发了质疑,导致Meta股价暴跌近60%。今年2月,Meta的市值在一个下午缩水近2,000亿美元,创下历史纪录。

因此,今年对Meta而言是极不平凡的一年。

今年早些时候,Meta的老板爆料说有同事称他是“索伦之眼”(Eye of Sauron)。索伦是《指环王》(Lord of the Rings)中反派的名字。虽然这似乎是一个负面的绰号,但扎克伯格却坚持说同事是“亲切地”给他起了这个绰号。

曾经有知情者在今年早些时候向《财富》杂志透露,长期担任首席运营官的谢丽尔·桑德伯格离职,进一步加剧了公司内部长期积聚的混乱和不安。

桑德伯格宣布离职后不久,扎克伯格表示他将对员工“施加压力”。他在问答环节中说:“有些人可能认为这家公司不适合你们,这是你们自己的选择,我可以接受。”

扎克伯格自己也表现出一些面临压力的迹象。在夏天接受采访时,他曾经告诉播客主持人乔·罗根,作为Meta的首席执行官,他感觉“每天醒来就像肚子被打了一拳”,不确定他是否在开玩笑。

除了Meta以外,其他科技巨头也会告诉员工为了避免被裁员,他们能够在内部申请新岗位。

据媒体报道,谷歌(Google)的母公司Alphabet采用了类似的方式来缩小团队规模,对于工作岗位将被裁撤的员工,通常会为他们提供60天时间来申请新岗位。

据Quartz报道,今年8月,谷歌的内部孵化器Area 120裁员超过50人,并给他们90天时间在公司内部申请其他岗位。

今年3月,有许多谷歌员工被告知他们的岗位将被裁撤,如果他们希望继续留在公司,就将有60天时间找到新岗位,当时1,400名谷歌员工向公司请愿,要求将期限延长到180天。

科技公司面对经济下滑,还要努力应对大规模科技股下跌,于是整个行业出现了裁员潮。Snap、Patreon、Twilio和Netflix最近几个月都宣布裁员或停止招聘。

但对扎克伯格来说,这并非全部都是坏消息。他在接受罗根采访时,高调讲述了他的元宇宙技术可以如何帮助员工。他说人们能够“远距离办公”是“非常美妙的”,而且他在新冠疫情期间,在夏威夷远程办公的时候学会了冲浪,展现了远程办公的一个优点。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

每当Meta进行部门整顿时,公司就会告诉某些员工:要么在一个月内被公司重新雇佣,要么离职。

而且,还有更多的人将被放上这个名单。

据《华尔街日报》(Wall Street Journal)在9月21日报道称,随着竞争加剧、业务增长受挫和股价暴跌,该社交媒体巨头(原Facebook)计划在未来几个月削减成本至少10%。这家公司将越来越多的员工放到了传统的“30天名单”里,许多人的工作岗位正在被公司取消。

Meta最近宣布公司收入减少,自公司于十年前上市以来,这种情况尚属首次。公司的首席执行官马克·扎克伯格发出警告称,公司“将缩减”团队规模,并且预计很快就不得不“用更少的资源做更多的事情”。

今年9月初,有爆料称此次被裁撤的部门包括负责Meta的产品道德考量的团队。就在今年8月,有媒体报道称Meta曾经使用一种算法“随机”裁员60人。

这件事情让我们可以透过表面,看到在糟糕的2022年,Meta内部的种种乱象。

“索伦之眼”的30天名单

为了在进一步裁员的时候避免使用传统的裁员方式,Meta(旗下包括Facebook、Instagram和WhatsApp)将使用30天名单。该公司一直通过这种方式来淘汰绩效低下的员工。据《华尔街日报》引述受影响的管理者和员工的话称,最近在公司进行重组期间,许多绩效出色的员工在工作岗位被裁撤之后,发现自己也被列入了这个名单。

Meta并未回复《财富》杂志的置评请求,但公司发言人告诉《华尔街日报》,给员工设置一个截止期限意味着公司能够留住优秀人才。

从今年年初以来,随着科技股全面下跌,公司业绩不及预期,对元宇宙的100亿美元投资也引发了质疑,导致Meta股价暴跌近60%。今年2月,Meta的市值在一个下午缩水近2,000亿美元,创下历史纪录。

因此,今年对Meta而言是极不平凡的一年。

今年早些时候,Meta的老板爆料说有同事称他是“索伦之眼”(Eye of Sauron)。索伦是《指环王》(Lord of the Rings)中反派的名字。虽然这似乎是一个负面的绰号,但扎克伯格却坚持说同事是“亲切地”给他起了这个绰号。

曾经有知情者在今年早些时候向《财富》杂志透露,长期担任首席运营官的谢丽尔·桑德伯格离职,进一步加剧了公司内部长期积聚的混乱和不安。

桑德伯格宣布离职后不久,扎克伯格表示他将对员工“施加压力”。他在问答环节中说:“有些人可能认为这家公司不适合你们,这是你们自己的选择,我可以接受。”

扎克伯格自己也表现出一些面临压力的迹象。在夏天接受采访时,他曾经告诉播客主持人乔·罗根,作为Meta的首席执行官,他感觉“每天醒来就像肚子被打了一拳”,不确定他是否在开玩笑。

除了Meta以外,其他科技巨头也会告诉员工为了避免被裁员,他们能够在内部申请新岗位。

据媒体报道,谷歌(Google)的母公司Alphabet采用了类似的方式来缩小团队规模,对于工作岗位将被裁撤的员工,通常会为他们提供60天时间来申请新岗位。

据Quartz报道,今年8月,谷歌的内部孵化器Area 120裁员超过50人,并给他们90天时间在公司内部申请其他岗位。

今年3月,有许多谷歌员工被告知他们的岗位将被裁撤,如果他们希望继续留在公司,就将有60天时间找到新岗位,当时1,400名谷歌员工向公司请愿,要求将期限延长到180天。

科技公司面对经济下滑,还要努力应对大规模科技股下跌,于是整个行业出现了裁员潮。Snap、Patreon、Twilio和Netflix最近几个月都宣布裁员或停止招聘。

但对扎克伯格来说,这并非全部都是坏消息。他在接受罗根采访时,高调讲述了他的元宇宙技术可以如何帮助员工。他说人们能够“远距离办公”是“非常美妙的”,而且他在新冠疫情期间,在夏威夷远程办公的时候学会了冲浪,展现了远程办公的一个优点。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校: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.

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