‘No incentive’ | Stretched Meta staff hit back at plans for three-day AI hackathon

Meta staff have hit back at their bosses over plans for a company-wide AI hackathon in July, arguing they are too stretched to step away from their day jobs.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the exercise on Friday, suggesting it could help build unity among employees and inspire fresh AI innovations.

But frustrated staff voiced their concerns with the hackathon, including high workloads and low morale, arguing that Meta no longer has the workplace culture where employees feel excited to participate.

Meta staff slam hackathon plans

The “large” AI hackathon will run from July 14 to July 16.