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Brought to book | Meta lawsuit blocks promotion of tell-all employee account
Meta has secured an emergency arbitration ruling to temporarily block a former employee...
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‘Do not re-hire’ | Meta has an 'unheard of' block list for some ex-employees
Google's former CHRO said he had 'never heard of anything' like Meta's do-not-rehire...
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‘There will be more’ | Meta fires employees in crackdown on memo leaks
A Meta spokesperson confirmed “roughly 20” employees have been terminated, with...
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39 days later | Zuckerberg's charity axes DEI team - weeks after reassurances to staff
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said a 'shifting regulatory and legal landscape'...
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'Better for the bottom line' | America's oldest civil rights body calls for buyers to back pro-diversity businesses
The NAACP has hit back at opponents of diversity by urging Black Americans to choose...
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‘Not underperformers’ | Meta faces employee backlash over large-scale 'Performance-Based' layoffs
Meta employees are voicing frustration over the company's latest round of “performance...
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'Performance terminations' | Meta begins 'streamlining' layoffs with 4000 jobs to be cut
Meta has begun issuing layoff notices as part of its latest cost-cutting initiative,...
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‘Silencing women’ | Former Meta employee files lawsuit alleging 'toxic pattern' of sex discrimination
The suit claims a former director suffered retaliation after 'opposing Meta's...
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Deep trouble? | What is all the fuss about DeepSeek and why does it matter to HR?
Just 48 hours ago, very few people had even heard of DeepSeek, and fewer still knew...
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'Merit-based' | Trump vs DEI: How will it impact workplaces, morale, and business strategy?
Within days, executive orders and directives were issued to halt federal DEI pro...
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Squeezing the PIPs | Microsoft, Meta, & Amazon implement performance-related layoffs
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are reportedly leveraging performance reviews to guide...
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HR memo | Meta eliminates DEI programs as Zuckerberg says workplaces need more 'masculine energy'
Meta's VP of HR said the company will eliminate all DEI measures including “equity...
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Efficient but expensive | Latest financials show Facebook owner paid out $86k per redundancy
The benefits of talent retention and the costs of redundancies have been laid bare...
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‘Surreal’ | Meta announces layoffs at WhatsApp & Instagram - while firing staff who abused $25 meal perk to buy toothpaste & wine glasses
The tech giant says it will “work hard to find other opportunities for impacted...
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HR pioneer | Meta's Chief People Officer to step down after 16 years
Meta's Chief People Officer, Lori Goler, will step down next summer after more...
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'Chaotic' | Meta sued by employee after their stalker was rehired following HR cuts
Meta's decision to reduce its recruitment team amid large-scale layoffs led to serious...
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Technical glitches | What's with all the tech layoffs?
Why are there such a significant number of layoffs in the US technology sector.....
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Positivity pit | Starbucks, Pacific Union, Meta: The ten giant US companies where employee confidence is lowest
At some employers, like Nvidia, optimism is sky-high. The same can't be said for...
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Tech talent tussle | Meta's AI Chief publicly mocks Musk's xAI recruitment drive
Musk called for those who “believe in our mission of understanding the universe”...
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We’ve been here before | Why Meta's AI advisory council of only white males is bad for business & even worse for society
Meta's AI technology has been previously accused of racism, bias, and "prejudice...
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