Live data from Hacker News

Meta fires staff for 'using free meal vouchers to buy household goods'

theguardian.com

1–10 of 166 posts

Re: Meta fires staff for 'using free meal vouchers to buy household goods'

#5

> That included one unnamed worker on a $400,000 salary, who said they had used their meal credits to buy household goods and groceries such as toothpaste and tea. I bet that was really worth it...

Seems like a bad exchange for both the employee and the company. TBH I feel Meta could have just ended the program for these folks rather than flat out firing them.

Re: Meta fires staff for 'using free meal vouchers to buy household goods'

#6
post #5

> That included one unnamed worker on a $400,000 salary, who said they had used their meal credits to buy household goods and groceries such as toothpaste and tea. I bet that was really worth it...

Seems like a bad exchange for both the employee and the company. TBH I feel Meta could have just ended the program for these folks rather than flat out firing them.

[dead]

Re: Meta fires staff for 'using free meal vouchers to buy household goods'

#7
post #5

> That included one unnamed worker on a $400,000 salary, who said they had used their meal credits to buy household goods and groceries such as toothpaste and tea. I bet that was really worth it...

Seems like a bad exchange for both the employee and the company. TBH I feel Meta could have just ended the program for these folks rather than flat out firing them.

why? they fired them to send a message to the other employees.

Re: Meta fires staff for 'using free meal vouchers to buy household goods'

#8

> That included one unnamed worker on a $400,000 salary, who said they had used their meal credits to buy household goods and groceries such as toothpaste and tea. I bet that was really worth it...

Why are people getting weird things like corporate food stamps when they are being paid 400,000 anyway?

Re: Meta fires staff for 'using free meal vouchers to buy household goods'

#9

> That included one unnamed worker on a $400,000 salary, who said they had used their meal credits to buy household goods and groceries such as toothpaste and tea. I bet that was really worth it...

Why are people getting weird things like corporate food stamps when they are being paid 400,000 anyway?

> Meta [...] usually feeds staff for free from canteens at its larger offices, including its sprawling Silicon Valley headquarters. But those at smaller sites are given daily credits to order food through delivery services such as UberEats and Grubhub. Daily allowances include $20 for breakfast, $25 for lunch and $25 for dinner.

So probably a perk they decided was worth it or necessary for morale at some point

Re: Meta fires staff for 'using free meal vouchers to buy household goods'

#10

> That included one unnamed worker on a $400,000 salary, who said they had used their meal credits to buy household goods and groceries such as toothpaste and tea. I bet that was really worth it...

Why are people getting weird things like corporate food stamps when they are being paid 400,000 anyway?

Because that's better for morale and has a lower administrative overhead than the administrative overhead of having a cutoff or whatever.
Post reply on HN