Meta fired employees for using food credits to buy personal items

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Meta fired employees for using food credits

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The fact that reputable news site CNN did a story on this, along with some other lesser known reporting sites, proves to me that this is true. They cite their sources, including personal interviews obtained by them.

Answer 1

This is true. CNN did a article on this story, along with quite a few less reputable news sources. According to fox business, employees were given daily allowances of $20 for breakfast, $25 for lunch and another $25 for dinner. The workers that were fired had been abusing this system in a couple different ways, including sending meals home instead of the office, and pooling their money together. According to Financial Times workers who broke the food voucher rules only occasionally received a reprimand but weren't fired. 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/meta-fires-staff-who-abused-25-meal-vouchers-report 

https://www.ft.com/content/7d1a2738-2518-4ddb-811b-8abf9a745590 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/tech/meta-employees-fired-meal-credits-layoffs/index.html 

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After reviewing this story, it claims to be true. I checked the articles seen in your argument and they are accurate and align to the story. You did a great job at checking your sources, and providing good examples to back you up. I looked at more external sources, and found relevant content and different stories which backs up your claim more such as "In its investigation, Meta found that employees were violating company policy by using meal vouchers for home goods and personal care items, which is against company policy. Also against company policy is transferring vouchers from the original employee." This source is found in the link below.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-fires-employees-alleged-meal-200000407.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADBNLMg2YUyUaGakw7YVBUQ8x1-dH7lDEQfJnhToNDYCQoL5IvMVQ1dL0ZZ16cUvy7vbgTYRMBDDxAygIis51LY7NhALzNoVYWrTlqv5wX6-dRrcb4FA1o-73hZqSzN_aArTYj-8cYDvgXunja_REGbRCp2PROEyvincTpHO2gRE

Answer 2

CNN also covered this story. CNN is a reputable news site. The author of the CNN article also specializes in writing about tech companies. Other than that, could not find any other super reputable news sources covering it. 

CNN article: Meta fires employees for spending food allowances on personal items like acne pads and wine glasses | CNN Business

Answer 3

A quick general search legitimizes the claim leveled by MSN since a variety of separate new sources published similar articles. A key difference between the claims is in the titles. MSN claimed employees were fired for simply using food credits, but other articles elaborated that it was for misusing the food credits. CNN, for example wrote that, “Meta fired around two dozen employees from its Los Angeles office for misusing company meal credits for things like laundry detergent, wine glasses and acne treatment pads”.  The Financial Times also covered this incident, explaining how Meta staff based in smaller offices without a canteen are offered credits for food to be delivered to their office. “Those who were fired were deemed to have abused the food credit system over a long period of time (while) those who violated the company rules only on occasion were reprimanded but not terminated”. BBC’s article titled “Meta fires staff for buying toothpaste, not lunch” reaffirms that staff were not fired for simply using their meal credits, as the title of MSN’s piece led you to believe, but for not using their credits accordingly. All three articles referenced are basically the same. They all say that “Meta staff are given $25  for lunch, $20 for breakfast, and $25 for dinner in vouchers which are meant to be used for ordering food from Grubhub (and/ or Uber Eats” but that those credits were instead used “to buy toothpaste and washing powder (etc.)”. While the original claim from MSN is true, it’s misleading in its title. It’s written to seem like Meta employees were fired for using credits, but the truth is that employees were using those credits to buy items that weren’t food therefore causing them to lose their jobs.

 

 

Answer 4

This claim seems to be true. CNN covered this story as well, along with a few less credible sources. Yahoo.com states that, "Staff are given daily credits worth $20 for breakfast and $25 for lunch and dinner each".  Along with this CNN also mentioned that, "An internal investigation found that some LA-based employees used the meal funds to purchase things other than food instead, or had meals delivered to their homes, the source said. According to CNN workers who broke the food voucher rules were mostly fired but those who only committed the act a few times were just reprimanded.