Did anyone tell him that "the beatings will continue until morale improves" is meant to be sarcasm?
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2026
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Zuck said in his memo that difficult times lie ahead. Um, yeah cuz you and the execs are power and money hungry monsters.
"I was told high morale would increase employee performance. So I made it company policy to show high morale."
The Chick-Fil-A business model
Zuckerberg offered employees access to permanent desks, a symbolic gesture that unintentionally illustrated how expendable many of them had become.
lol in a dystopian kind of way
"Don't forget, you're here forever... or at least until you're replaced by a machine."
I work for a company you've never heard of that just laid off ~13% of their workforce. Not a tech firm. Not even a business that has frequent layoffs. The recession was probably the last time this happened. Later the same day, I wander off to a conference room where I find one my colleagues. I asked him how he was doing and he said, "the thing that bugs me the most is that a whole bunch of people just got fired and we're supposed to keep going like nothing happened."
I felt that. Something big happened. Layoffs like that basically destroy any trust that employees have in the organization. Not only do a bunch of people lose their jobs, they're often abruptly thrown out of the building. The ones who are left are left to wonder if they'll be next.
Zuck is going to have face the fact that once that bell has been rung, it cannot be un-rung.
It depends on the size of the company I guess. In a small startup I got fired with a bunch of lies and I disappeared in a few minutes. Only one guy called me to understand what happened. All the other employees pretended I never existed, and I'm pretty sure they trusted the boss and his lies.
The ones who are left are left to wonder ~~if~~ when they’ll be next.
FTFY
The thing is once you kill your culture it’s dead.
It is replaced with a new shittier culture, one where nobody wants to show their personality or put themselves out there and possibly piss off a vindictive HR.
It's not like Facebook ever had a good culture.
One more pizza party oughta do it.
I'm an FLM so basically the first line of defense between the workforce and upper management. My fellow FLMs pay for parties and lunches out of our own pocket. We have budget for team building once or twice a year. We know that isn't enough, so we do what we can. It's really not a lot, but the memories we make with our team is worth it. I love my team and my people.
Pizza? What is this, a charity? The full-time employees invited to the popcorn party are encouraged to bring their own butter from home.
Seriously. How is he THIS far removed from reality?
How could a billionaire not be? Pretty sure this has been pretty well studied. Having too much money is basically toxic.
Reptilian robots create their own reality.
Morale at Meta has seemingly hit rock bottom
Reading the article, it appears that Zuckerberg is trying to get his staff back operating like they are a startup with events like a hackathon. That his staff are no longer participating is indicating that they aren't treating Meta like a startup any more.
It isn't that Zuckerberg wants his staff to act like they are having fun, but to get back into a startup mentality where they will hopefully over perform and are instead treating it as a job where there isn't an incentive to work harder.
How stupid would an employee have to be to think of Meta as a startup?
“Sure, some people might have lost their jobs, but hey, you still have yours - so rejoice! Loosen up, have some fun!”
"Survivor guilt?! I think you mean 'survivor glee!'"
Survivor quilting, because fun will now commence
burn his hawaii holdings
Meta's new motto: Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die!
Enjoy your time at Meta, it’ll be over before you know it!
Is it even possible to run Facebook so badly that it stops making money? I guess we're finding out.
You must obey the dance commander
Giving out the order for fun
__Radio message from H.Q.:
Dance Commander, we love you.__
Maybe Zuck should pay his employees more for the extra work put on them from the layoff, to lift their spirits.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.