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Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s internal announcement on Friday about a “large” companywide AI hackathon next month quickly sparked frustration and disbelief among employees.
Key facts
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s internal announcement on Friday about a “large” companywide AI hackathon next month quickly sparked frustration and disbelief among employees
- I honestly don’t have the time to focus on this, and I’m expected to be 100% devoted” to regular work, another employee wrote
- Meta has long hosted internal hackathons, but two sources tell WIRED this is the first companywide one to take place since 8,000 people were laid off last month
- In a post shared to Meta’s roughly 70,000 employees, Zuckerberg framed the hackathon as a way for staff to build camaraderie at a time of widespread internal unrest
Summary
In internal messages seen by WIRED, some workers wrote that added responsibilities in the wake of recent mass layoffs at the tech giant had left them with little time to join such ancillary activities. “I’m preoccupied with keeping the lights on for my team,” one employee wrote on Friday. In a post shared to Meta’s roughly 70,000 employees, Zuckerberg framed the hackathon as a way for staff to build camaraderie at a time of widespread internal unrest. Archibong’s post drew swift pushback from several employees, who responded with angry messages and sarcastic memes.