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filthmrchristian t1_jbaxlvd wrote

Reply to comment by SlowMotionPanic in Meta's 'year of efficiency' continues, thousands more expected to be laid off by chrisdh79

I’ve worked with FB for about 6 years. They went from lean to full fat bloat brigade in no time. Meetings went from things accomplished to clueless fucks who could not make a decision as they were trying to think what their line manager wanted. It became a mess. They could drop another 40k staff and they’ll be fine

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coffeesippingbastard t1_jbbqr4l wrote

I could tell FB was getting super fat when most of their PMs were coming from business/finance/consulting- especially reality labs.

So much of the tech is still in development I have no idea what FB is doing bringing business people in to PM an incredibly young and technically challenging space if they have no idea what is going on in the tech.

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whutupmydude t1_jbb6vp3 wrote

What roles/depts do you consider the majority of the “bloat” coming from if you don’t mind me asking?

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filthmrchristian t1_jbb9x8t wrote

Sure. Marketing / creative/ Ops / retail are the immediate 4 that spring to mind. Meetings went from fast and slick to way too many people all sitting in meetings / zooms all talking platitudes and essentially saying nothing. Was shocking to watch given how much each FB person was paid. They were only interested in how much they were getting paid / perks. Basically they lost their enthusiasm and way.

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