Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don’t show up 3 days a week::Meta, formerly known as Facebook, told employees that its new RTO policy would be enforced by management.
At first I thought, Jesus! Who will work for such a shitty company and then I realized people will do anything for money. Capahtahleezum baby!!
I mean these guys are generally pulling 300 to 700k a year so… I’d return to office for that easily.
Either I’ve been getting royally screwed at the places I’ve worked, or it’s only pretty senior people who are making over 300k.
Lol true. If I am the director or any executive, i’ll do a lot more exploitation for less.
Had a friend who worked there because he needed their health insurance to cover his sick kid. That is so screwed, in the rest of the world that’s not even a consideration.
The messed up thing is that for the wealthy, the US healthcare system is great. I’d be willing to guess that when you’re wealthy here, your experience is better than what you get standing in line with everyone else in a socialized system. I’d still rather have a socialized system here, but you probably don’t need to pity this man.
If I could get hired at Meta I’d be making $200k-$300k more than I do now.
You read that right. Not $200k total. $200k above what I currently make. Which is substantial.
So yeah. Money with a capital M.
There are other things, too. I’ve been to their HQ and it is packed with top-of-their-class young people all smart as hell. There is a definite energy to the place, and they have a certain reality distortion field that makes them believe they’re doing good work.
Plus Meta is a strong company to have on your resume. Everyone knows their hiring standards are high and with Meta on your resume, second and third tier companies will look at you like a god and pay you a lot for stupid work.
I don’t justify any of this. I’m just reporting the way it is.
To be fair, they may lose their jobs if they do show up to work.
Note for non-Americans: “RTO” here means “Return To Office”. (Not Rostered Day Off)
Non-American here: was there a chance that RTO stood for Rostered Day Off?
We don’t really use ‘roster’, and we can spell Day.
Meta knows this is a dumb policy. This is just a way to lay off workers without actually firing people.
Only problem is that this way you probably lose the most valuable people, which can easily find an alternative
That’s built into the model. Stars carry the weight because they’ve shouldered the responsibility. Others will step up… The work will be subpar, but when companies do risk analysis on stuff like this, they know how much gas they can burn before needing to be competitive again. Just another reason why we need unions in the US.
Cool, a severance package from Facebook!
