Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its 'year of efficiency'

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• Fantomas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Imagine having to endure a happy hour wearing your Meta t-shirt while zuck monitors your joy level through a huge camera in the corner of the room.

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  • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And the happy hours are unpaid time.

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    • Fantomas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Meta prides themselves on a ‘family’ culture.

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  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Zuck on a mic: “Please increase your happiness by 14%.”

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    • archomrade@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Please clap

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  • whygohomie@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Everybody dance. Now.

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• zoe@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Love unions, but hate the idea of distilling all our problems down to “capitalism”. Give it a rest.

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    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If the shoe fits …

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• Chickenstalker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why not simply increase basic pay? The younglings no longer want these “”“”“”“”“”“”““perks””“”“”“”“”“”" because they know it comes with many caveats.

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  • Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They have increased the pay, that’s how they attract talent. I know some people from school who went on to work FAANG jobs and they make 3x the median where we’re all from. Sure we all deserve more money, but it’s not like it isn’t a desirable place to work for most people in the industry.

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  • yoz@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Then Meta won’t be a billion $ company

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    • nieceandtows@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Interesting how there is no middle ground between $8 an hour and $10000 an hour. What do you think of $20 an hour? That is still 500 times less than a ceo pay so the ceo doesn’t need to clean toilets any time soon.

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    • wagoner@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t hear people arguing for everyone to be paid the top salary of the CEO. Maybe let’s start with, I dunno, 20 dollars an hour minimum.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Kinda reminds me of a guy I used to hang out with. He had found out that the US shreds old currency, and was utterly appalled. “They could just give that to people!”

      “OK, Mike, the government could easily give every American $1,000,000, tomorrow. You want that?”

      “Hell ya!”

      “OK, you know I mow lawns for a living, $30 a pop? (early 90s!)”

      “Yeah.”

      “Now pretend you have a lawn you want mowed. Fuck I want $30 for? I have a million! I’m going to need $10,000 to even think about it.”

      The whole idea baffled him, never got it.

      But yeah, where we’re at now is fucked up. I get that CEO pay is determined by the market. I get that dropping CEO pay won’t make a dent in line worker pay. But still, the wealth disparity is heinous.

      And the worse it gets, the more influence the rich can buy and the less the rest of us have.

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    • histy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They can’t. Workers at Meta were paid well and then they got to work from home. There isn’t any amount of money that will make those workers want to give up their new work life balance. Perks is the only option.

    Google had it right back in the day. Free shuttle rides to work. Onsite massages, dry cleaning, free cafeterias, etc. if you make it so people don’t have to do those things when they get home, they will work longer. It still doesn’t compare to wfh but it was close.

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• frazw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Upper mgmt “We need our employees back in the office.” Lowrt mgmt “Did you see the numbers? Since our employees started working from home, we’ve been smashing targets.” Upper mgmt “Yeah that’s why we need them back. Just imagine how much better the numbers could have been if we were making sure they weren’t slacking off.”

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  • ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I wonder if it’s also that now their investors are going to expect growth on top of whatever accelerated growth they have experienced in this WFH era. meta wants a nice, predictable cruise uphill, not a sprint that they’ll now need to continue, progress be damned.

    Side note: that’s a theory I’ve had regarding technological advancements in devices like phones. Apple, Samsung etc. want small incremental advancements they can drip-feed to consumers for stable growth, so they probably try to keep the big leaps infrequent. Yeah I know Moore’s Law can’t go on forever, and it might be getting to that point soon… alright I’ll take off the tinfoil hat.

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    • spinelessorange@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Leave the tinfoil hat on. There is a precedent for exactly what you are describing. When radios went from valve to transistor, radio manufacturers kept the number of transistors low and only slowly increased radio quality over the years. They were able to make higher quality radios from day 1 but didn’t so they could sell more radios.

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  • Lt_Cdr_Data@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Every time redditors defend work from home: “we’d be sooo productive”

    Every time redditors talk about the work from home in the context of job search: “it’s soo relaxed, no ones constantly looking over your shoulder to check whether you are working. You can easily take gaming breaks”

    Y’all are a walking meme

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    • Callendor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      OK Boomer.

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    • jcit878@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      who’s the redditors? wrong site champ, you lost or something?

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    • IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re going to need to explain this because you’re not making any sense. How can a shitty commute and traffic jams make people more productive? What would motivate anyone to be excited about throwing away three or four hours per day plus gas money to do what they can do from home?

      Explain. Explain clearly. In detail.

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    • Guntrigger@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You know both can true right?

      There’s a reason productive tech companies had perks like nap rooms and tons of recreational options before WFH was even an option.

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• Zrybew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I work in tech and my workplace is also getting deeply aware that layoffs and cost cutting policies have a lasting negative impact on the happiness levels. What a fucking aha moment…

  Besides, It seems like, as the economy starts to hit bottom, companies are getting aware that the fight for talent will start again soon.

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  • TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    One thing about tech workers is historically they will crunch themselves hard to minimize downtime and meet deadlines because they care about their code and infrastructure. That totally breaks down when they see a bunch of their friends get shitcanned or sees their company making greedy decisions at the expense of their employees.

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  • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Got laid off a while back for about 3 months, along with a handful of others (some of which were there 5-7 years!). When I talked to an old friend that still works there, he said the morale is basically non-existent. The company is also ranked in the bottom 5% now on Comparably 😬

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• EnderMB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As someone at a FAANG company, there is one “perk” that these companies offer that few others can match, and that’s freedom of movement. There are few companies where you can join in NYC, work a year, then move fully to London, Berlin, Sydney, Singapore, etc - all sponsored and paid for by the employer. Not only that, but where the employer will pay to find permanent residency and citizenship.

  IMO, these are the true perks of the tech industry, and a reason why so many young people are ditching FAANG companies lately, as they start to cut back on allowing people to move teams internationally.

  My org at Amazon was polled on retention, and over 50% of the team wanted to move teams after the layoffs. Amazon no longer sponsor international visas, and lots of people wanting to move to North America or Europe are jumping to other companies that will allow them to do so.

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  • ramblinguy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Maybe I’m the odd one out, but I’ve never felt like moving to a different country to work. I can barely imagine moving from the east coast to the west coast. Perhaps I’m missing something, but never once have I visited a place and said, “I would love to spend 8 hours of my life every day in an office here.”

    But I am at the ripe old age of 30, so maybe I’m past that demographic

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    • EnderMB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I can definitely appreciate that. I’m 36, and am considering a move now, but that’s mostly because I’ve often worked for small companies and moving hasn’t really been an option.

      There is definitely value in doing this when you’re young, especially moving to a big city out of college/university. I’ve found a surprising number of people in their thirties doing the same in big tech, mostly because there is more job security with experience, and having money + your health is a great thing if you want to try something new.

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  • thelastknowngod@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    100% agreed. I left the States in 2017. Job searching is tricky now but it’s an absolute deal breaker… Remote or goodbye. I will accept nothing else.

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  • Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    MAAANG

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    • SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      MAAAM

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• onionbaggage@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Am I out of touch?

  No surely one more pizza party will turn this around.

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  • Callendor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Free prison style head shave whilst you shovelling garlic bread down your gullet too!

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• pastabatman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Company swag? Nah, just pay me more I wouldn’t want people to know I work for meta.

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• s_s@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why would they return to the office just because you offered them drinks?

  Zuck: they are dumbfucks

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  • Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As an Aussie, I know a lot of people that would do something for a carton of beer.

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• brunofin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This dude really need to change his haircut lol he looks like he just do it himself at home.

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  • Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Imagine how good it would look if he cut it at the office!

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  • Sniper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Apparently he gets that haircut cus he thinks it looks like Caesars haircut… it doesnt

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    • Guntrigger@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’d think a tech bro would realise there have been a few technological advancements in the last couple of thousand years. Including hairdressing.

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  • Venomnik0@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s not hair… that’s skin for his disguise.

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• IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If employees could afford their own pizza then you wouldnt need pizza parties

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  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And yet they need pizza parties

      Also they’re in really expensive districts

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• Lightrider@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fuckingcapitalists

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All that money, and he still can’t find a decent hairstyle.

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  • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Allegedly, he purposely cuts his hair like that because he thinks of himself as a modern Augustus (Octavian).

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  • pixxelkick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Say what you want, but its also an iconic look. You recognize his face the moment you see it, with that sorta disinct (but still kinda shit looking) haircut.

    But also I dunno, I can understand the vibe of wanting super short hair to keep it up and out of the way, some people just prefer their hair cut to stay the hell out of the way, without committing to being full shaved down.

    I try not to judge on such a thing. If he likes that haircut, fuck it, the dude makes more money while sitting down for his haircut then 100 haircuts would cost him to pay for.

    He can do whatever the fuck he wants with his hair.

    I would rather judge him by his actions, like that shit he pulled with buying “private” beaches and whatnot.

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  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He looks like he cuts it himself with nail trimmers.

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• yoz@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What about zuck and board members? Do they come into the office everyday?

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  • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Of course. Do you think that they’d risk missing out on a free branded t-shirt?

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• CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Free haircut, like the haircut Zuck gets? 🤨 No. Thanks.

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  Meta is trying to tempt employees to return to the office by bringing back perks such as happy hours and branded t-shirts.

  The company has revived a number of pre-pandemic employee perks, according to Bloomberg, a change that unnamed sources said has boosted morale amongst staff after a year of layoffs and acrimony over Meta’s return-to-the-office policies.

  The perks returning include branded t-shirts, happy hours, laundry services, and free haircuts.

  The tech giant’s drive to cut costs and boost profitability has seen it lay off about 25% of its staff since November 2022, although Meta has recently begun to rehire some of those who lost their jobs.

  The revived perks, which also include a new coffee bar and earlier dinners, are part of Meta’s renewed effort to lure staff back into the office.

  Last month, Meta announced that employees would be required to work in the office at least three days a week, and warned that those who repeatedly refused to comply risked losing their jobs.

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• alansuspect@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If a free haircut makes me look like Zuckerberg, no thanks.

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• RickTofu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wow, what an interesting technology this is!

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