Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Says He Is Accountable as Company Preps for Mass Layoffs

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Post by ahiknsr » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:10 PM UTC

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Says He Is Accountable as Company Preps for Mass Layoffs
wsj.com

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Post by mikequinlan » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:11 PM UTC

https://archive.ph/dIJ6A

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Post by polishdude20 » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:15 PM UTC

Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

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Post by prottog » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:21 PM UTC

polishdude20 wrote: post #3

Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

Well, he still owns >10% of the company. Accountability when you're a significant owner, not to mention a founder, doesn't just mean that you get fired and sent away from the table.

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Post by andirk » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:23 PM UTC

Layoffs are always unfortunate, but didn't his company have the bright idea of making meetings all day into a virtual Second Life world where you can actually _see_ the other person's dog barking on the call? The experimental parts of the company hired a lot of those people and now can't keep them.

If he gives outgoing employees months of health care, all their PTO, etc. then what is the issue?

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Post by ralphmelish » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:23 PM UTC

prottog wrote: post #4

polishdude20 wrote: post #3

Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

Well, he still owns >10% of the company. Accountability when you're a significant owner, not to mention a founder, doesn't just mean that you get fired and sent away from the table.

And has >50% of the votes via special shares. He is basically unaccountable.

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Post by valeness » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:38 PM UTC

prottog wrote: post #4

polishdude20 wrote: post #3

Him saying he's accountable and not actually being held accountable is not really being "accountable".

Well, he still owns >10% of the company. Accountability when you're a significant owner, not to mention a founder, doesn't just mean that you get fired and sent away from the table.

So what does it mean?

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Post by fleddr » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:39 PM UTC

andirk wrote: post #5

Layoffs are always unfortunate, but didn't his company have the bright idea of making meetings all day into a virtual Second Life world where you can actually _see_ the other person's dog barking on the call? The experimental parts of the company hired a lot of those people and now can't keep them. If he gives outgoing employees months of health care, all their PTO, etc. then what is the issue?

The thing he seems to miss is that people that have business meetings over Zoom/Teams do not actually look at each other much. They're looking at a shared screen showing an Excel sheet, some slide deck, code, whichever. The video feed is just a nice little touch.

Depending on company culture, quite a few meetings may be audio-only, further proving the point that seeing each other really isn't that important. It's nice, but not exactly the main purpose of the meeting.