Zoe Schiffer
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There have been all of these changes internally to that end.
Some people really like it and are adopting it.
Some people are really pushing back on it.
But I think for a lot of employees who joined Meta during this era of, like, endless perks, lots of job security, kind of like a –
pillar atmosphere compared to some of the other startups in the Valley.
I mean, kind of.
Could you opt out of that, Brian?
I felt like you didn't know the answer to that one.
Oh, absolutely.
You're going to do this.
And shame on you for asking.
And some of the employees who are staying, actually thousands of the employees who are staying are getting drafted into the AI ranks.
We published a piece today that was kind of about the morale inside the company, but also how there's been this mad dash to use up perks and stipends that employees have.
But one of the things that said at the end was that
remaining employees are being asked to like join AI teams.
So whatever your job was previously, they're calling internally like getting drafted.
You're getting drafted into the AI ranks.
Now your job is gonna look quite different.
This is the confusing thing, according to employees I have talked to, because the tough thing about what's happening right now is that Meta is actually experiencing record or near record profits and revenue growth.
Like the company is doing exceptionally well, but the company is not doing exceptionally well because of artificial intelligence.