Meta fires staffers who misused $25 meal credits to buy wine glasses, acne pads: report

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta has actually reportedly discharged about two loads staffers in Los Angeles for abusing a $25 daily meal perk to stock up on home materials like a glass of wine glasses, acne pads and washing cleaning agent.

The firings were part of a wider restructuring at Mark Zuckerberg’s social media sites giant that sparked job cuts across several company sections on Tuesday, including its Instagram, WhatsApp and Truth Labs teams.

“On days where I would certainly not be eating at the workplace, like if my husband was cooking or if I was ordering dinner with good friends, I figured I ought not to lose the dinner credit scores,” one ex-Meta employee wrote in a post seen by the FT.

“This consists of moving some teams to various places, and moving some employees to various duties. In situations similar to this when a duty is eliminated, we strive to locate other opportunities for influenced employees,” the business included.

The terminated workers were found to have misused the delivery credit history– which workers can use on solutions like GrubHub or UberEats if they remain at the workplace late or are based in workplaces that lack a kitchen– over a long period of time, the Financial Times reported, citing an individual familiar with the matter.