Fired meta employees claim not to have received severance pay
In November 2022, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the layoff of around 11,000 employees. All those affected should receive a severance package that is also based on the length of their service. However, some former employees are now complaining that they received significantly worse severance pay.
Facebook parent company Meta cut around 11,000 jobs in November 2022. As a result, around 13 percent of the entire workforce lost their jobs. To cut further costs, CEO Mark Zuckerberg also announced a hiring freeze and admitted mistakes.
Nevertheless, he wants to invest more billions in his so-called Metaverse. Meanwhile, he promised the employees affected by the termination a severance package. But like the US news channel CNBC now reported, some former employees have apparently received significantly worse severance pay.
Meta: Former employees complain about the lack of severance pay
Accordingly, a group of ex-employees would have received significantly lower compensation than others. Those affected are meanwhile former members of Meta’s Sourcer Development Program. So far, the program has enabled career changers to complete an apprenticeship with the tech giant, among other things.
However, after Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement, over 60 employees were fired from the department. Meanwhile, several affected told CNBC that during the 12-month program they were not classified as contract workers, but as temporary employees who received all the benefits of a full-time employee.
Members of the Sourcer Development Program receive reduced severance pay
Zuckerberg previously announced that all affected employees would receive 16 weeks of their base salary as severance pay, plus an additional two weeks’ salary for each year they worked at the company. In addition, the remaining vacation days should be paid out.
Meta also pledged to cover the cost of medical care for employees and their families for six months. However, Sourcer Development Program members now said they only received 8 weeks of base pay and three months of sick pay.
Those affected were baffled, especially since they were considered full-time employees and not contract staff. Even the superiors of the dismissed employees were surprised. In the meantime, her former employees had not received an answer from the HR department. Meta has not yet commented on the allegations.
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