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I think you'd normally be right, but Meta just laid off 10k+ people, and is currently in a company wide hiring freeze until at least Q1 of 2023. Much of the res
by NBJack 4y ago
I think you'd normally be right, but Meta just laid off 10k+ people, and is currently in a company wide hiring freeze until at least Q1 of 2023. Much of the rest of FAANG is either doing one or both as well.
In Meta's case, they fired a lot of "boot campers" as well, some only a few days into their job and before they had a team. Some returning interns even had their offers rescinded.
Not to sound cynical, but this article feels more like "let us release this to show impact and keep our jobs." Or damage control for their engineering hiring image.
- bombcar 4y ago"Positive press" is just preemptive damage control. And anyone knows that a "company wide hiring freeze" is surprisingly thawable in cases where it needs to be.
- pcthrowaway 4y agoPeople are still getting hired at Facebook/Meta, they're probably just targeting specific people or hiring in cheaper countries now
- jauer 4y agoIt's likely that this article was in the works well before the layoffs. Depending on field it can take a ridiculously long time to get a tech blog post approved at Meta.