Meta gets tough with its return-to-work plan, warns employees they could be fired if they don't comp

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Meta Platforms Inc. (Nasdaq: META) on Thursday warned employees they could be fired if they don't comply with its return-to-office policy, according to a new report.

Workers who are assigned to an office will be required to be work out of that workplace three days a week or take part in in-person work activities an equivalent amount of time, Lori Goler, Meta's human resources chief, said on an internal message board, according to the report from Insider. Company managers will be keeping tabs on them to see if they adhere to the rules, Goler said. Failing to do so would be grounds for being fired, she said.

"Repeated violations may result in disciplinary action, up to and including a performance rating drop and, ultimately, termination if not addressed," Goler said.

Managers will be tracking workers' adherence with Meta's in-office policies on a monthly basis by reviewing how often they badge into offices and looking at data that indicates the location of their computers when they are working, Goler said. If employees aren't meeting the company's requirements, they can expect a meeting with their manager, she said.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2023/08/18/meta-return-to-work-mandate.html

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1. Wonder how that will go.

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2. It's all falling apart

Meta overcut when everyone was trimming last year, and in many cases are now struggling with skeleton crews and very limited retention and recruiting, especially in (largely female-populated) support roles. The aborted cage match between Zuckerberg and Musk didn't help matters much.

The reality they're facing now is that they can make noises, but really can't do much about cutting additional staff. They also have too many facilities in VERY expensive markets (San Jose and Seattle, especially) and too many people that moved into more distant housing who are doing the math and coming to the realization that staying with Meta is a non-starter.

It's also likely that as the labor market tightens again the substandard wages that Meta has been paying are simply no longer competitive. It's likely that Meta may end up going into a tailspin as several bad executive decisions all finally catch up with them. They'll recover, eventually, but I think Zuckerberg may be asked to retire before that happens.