The technology giant Meta is located in the center of controversy after firing 24 employees from his office in Los Angeles for an unusual reason: misuse of their food stamps. Facebook’s parent company is undergoing a restructuring of its employees, with some of them being transferred to other subsidiaries and others being laid off directly.
Meta takes drastic measures against the misuse of food vouchers
Meta moves teams from Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Lab to secure the future of the entire group. And for some time now, very large companies adjust their staff after the hiring boom that occurred in 2020. Even Apple was forced to lay off some employees in the services division.
But the most curious thing is that these dismissals were justified by an “abuse” in the contract and working conditions. And of course, some affairs are not in vain: Meta discovered that some of his employees used their food stampsvalued at $25, to purchase non-food items. They bought:
- toothpaste,
- Acne pads
- Detergent
- toothpaste
- wine glasses
These controls were intended exclusively for ordering food in the office or teleworking days through services such as Uber Eats or Grubhub. Like most big companies, Meta offers “free” food to its employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters. All employees eat in the dining room, like at Apple Park. However, employees in smaller offices receive a few checks to spend on food apps or online orders.
Staff receives $20 for breakfast, $25 for lunch and $25 for dinner depending on their shift.
Among those laid off was an employee who earned as much as $400,000 a year. This worker admitted to using checks to purchase household itemsarguing that he didn’t want to “waste his dinner credit” on days he didn’t eat at the office. Meta’s response was forceful: she fired employees who abused the “greedy check” system on a prolonged basis, while those who only occasionally broke the rules received a warning.
Steve Jobs also had his method for making money with his own business
Thousands of employees take advantage of the company’s policies. But Steve Jobs outdoes everyone by trying to “rip off” Apple when in fact it was its own business. This anecdote shows the most rebellious side of Steve Jobs. Almost by nature rather than necessity. Just like the target employee who made $400,000 and used the food card to purchase personal items.
When Steve Jobs invited his colleagues, like Scott Forstall, to lunch, he always insisted that he pay. And it wasn’t a gesture of kindness (or was it). But he had another good reason for doing it:
- Steve JobscHe earned a symbolic salary of only 1 dollar per year as CEO of Apple
- At the Apple cafeteria, employees paid by swiping their employee card and the price was subtracted from his salary
- Since Steve Jobs only made a dollar a year, every time he swiped his card to pay for a meal, In fact, I was eating for free. since your payroll ended up being negative.
This is why Steve Jobs always wanted to invite his friends from work when they ate together. He even waited 10 or 15 minutes at the checkout. until they finish the other person’s food so he can pay. No doubt an ingenious way of taking advantage of the meal and salary system that he himself imagined.
Source | Financial Times
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