Facebook: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Dec 2022

Compensation

Meta cuts employees benefits to reduce cost

Dec 16, 2022

Communications Manager at Facebook laid off on maternity leave

Meta has recently laid off over , jobs which are nearly of its workforce. Anneka Patel is o...

Industry

Nov 10, 2022

Communications Manager at Facebook laid off on maternity leave

Facebook may lay off employees

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Layoffs

Oct 7, 2022

Meta slashes hiring plans in

The social media and technology company, Meta Platforms META CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed the empl...

Industry

Jul 4, 2022

Industry

Airbnb, Accenture, Spotify, and a few more companies are leaving Russia

According to Barrons report, Airbnb late Thursday said it would suspend its operations in Russia and Belarus. The home-rental company joins Volkswagen, Accenture, and Spotify as the latest Western companies to suspend operations in Russia following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Brian Chesky, chief executive of Airbnb, announced his company’s suspension of operations in Russia via a tweet late Thursday. Volkswagen, the German car manufacturer, announced […]

Mar 4, 2022

Work Model

These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees

With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing unprecedented changes in work-life; along with masks and sanitizers, working from home (WFH) became a lifestyle change for professionals. The remote work trend was initially forced on employees due to the pandemic, however, after two years remote working has become a new normal. Most of the employees (80%) admitted that they prefer […]

Feb 19, 2022

Work Model

These 8 companies have shifted to permanent WFH for all employees

Feb 16, 2022

C-Suite Move

Meta appoints Tony Xu as a board member

Meta has announced that Tony Xu, co-founder, and CEO of DoorDash, Inc., has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Mark Zuckerberg, founder, and CEO of Meta, said, “Tony has built a great service for millions of people to get food and more from hundreds of thousands of restaurants and small businesses.” […]

Feb 4, 2022

Industry

Facebook creating 10,000 new jobs across the EU

Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform. The company said in a blog post on Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build “the metaverse”, a futuristic notion for connecting people online that encompasses augmented and virtual reality. Facebook says […]

Oct 18, 2021

Industry

Microsoft announces Rs 1.12 lakh as a pandemic bonus for all employees

Technology major, Microsoft has announced to give all of its employees $1,500 (over Rs 1.12 lakh) pandemic bonus, in recognition of a challenging fiscal year. According to The Verge report, Microsoft is gifting the bonus to all staff below the Corporate Vice President level that started on or before March 31, 2021. The company will also include […]

Jul 9, 2021

Jobs

Facebook sets reopening for Silicon Valley campuses

Facebook sets reopening for Silicon Valley campuses Facebook on Friday said its Silicon Valley offices will begin reopening to workers in May after a yearlong pandemic shutdown, but without perks such as free food and commuter shuttles. The Menlo Park headquarters and other locations in the region will start with 10 percent of “maximum seated capacity,” the […]

Mar 27, 2021

Jobs

India antitrust watchdog orders probe into WhatsApp’s new privacy policy

India antitrust watchdog orders probe into WhatsApp’s new privacy policy India’s competition watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook Inc-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws. The update announced in January, which will take effect in May, allows WhatsApp to share some user data with Facebook and […]

Mar 25, 2021

Industry

10,000 workers now part of Facebook AR/VR division

10,000 workers now part of Facebook AR/VR division Nearly 10,000 Facebook employees – almost a fifth of its total workforce — are currently working in the augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) labs, clearly indicating that the social network has bet really big on the immersive technology. According to The Information, Facebook has planned an aggressive […]

Mar 13, 2021

Jobs

Razorpay announces USD 10 million ESOP sale for 750 current, ex-employees

Razorpay announces USD 10 million ESOP sale for 750 current, ex-employees Fintech major Razorpay on Thursday announced its third ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) buyback programme worth USD 10 million (about Rs 73 crore) that will benefit 750 current and former employees of the company. A statement said that Sequoia Capital India and GIC, two […]

Mar 4, 2021

Jobs

WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash

WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp said on Thursday it will go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update but will allow users to read it at “their own pace” and will also display a banner providing additional information. In January, the messaging platform informed users it was preparing […]

Feb 19, 2021

C-Suite Move

Facebook appoints Henry Moniz as Chief Compliance Officer

Facebook appoints Henry Moniz as Chief Compliance Officer ViacomCBS Inc’s top compliance official, Henry Moniz, is moving to Facebook Inc as the social media platform’s first chief compliance officer, as Facebook faces scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers. “We are pleased to confirm that Henry Moniz will be joining Facebook to lead our strategy and execution of compliance matters in the […]

Jan 30, 2021