According to reports, a group of employees who joined the company through the Meta training program said that they received lower severance packages than other employees who were recently laid off.
These employees are members of Meta’s “Professional Development Program,” which aims to help employees of various backgrounds gain career development opportunities in corporate technology recruiting. The program is part of Meta’s “Pathways” program, which aims to help people without traditional professional backgrounds gain apprenticeships at the social network, thereby preparing them for a variety of roles.
According to people familiar with the matter, there are more than 60 employees in the “specialist training project”, and almost all of them left the company in the 11,000 layoffs in early November.
Several members of the “Professional Development Project” said they joined Meta in April as the last batch of members of the project. They said they were not contractors, but short-term employees who received all full-time benefits, including insurance and pensions, excluding stock. After completing the 12-month program, these employees are converted to full-time employment if the necessary criteria are met.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) said in a letter sent to employees during the layoffs that the company will pay them 16 weeks of basic salary, in addition, for every year of work, they will get an additional 2 weeks Basic salary, no ceiling. Zuckerberg added that Meta will pay for six months of health insurance for employees and their families.
But members of Meta’s “Professional Development Program” said they received only eight weeks of base pay and three months of COBRA health insurance.
Employees said it was unclear why their severance package was lower than that of their colleagues, since they are also full-time employees, not contractors.
On November 16, affected employees sent letters to Zuckerberg and other Meta executives, including Meta HR director Lori Goler and COO Javier Olivan. They reported their problems to management, hoping to get help.
“Even our previous leadership insisted there was a problem, and all the information they got indicated that we should be getting 16 weeks’ pay and 6 months of health insurance,” the employees wrote in their letter.
They also added that management may not be aware that the last course, which begins in April 2022, has repeatedly emphasized that any potential layoffs will not affect their current jobs, but will not affect the company’s potential full-time positions for them. ability to have an impact.
The affected Meta employees said they have yet to receive any response from Meta’s human resources department or management.
“During a recent question-and-answer session, Lori even went so far as to say that the ‘Path’ project would not be affected,” the letter reads. “It was based on this information that our managers repeatedly assured us that we would not have to look for Next home.”
“We understand that we are hiring based on what the company is saying, and we understand that companies are constantly changing and adjusting, but we still feel that we may be getting it wrong.”
Meta has yet to respond to the letters, but has sent gifts to some members congratulating them on completing a “commissioner development program,” the employees said.
“We hope that Meta’s offer of only 8 months of base salary and 3 months of COBRA health insurance to affected members of the ‘Professional Development Program’ graduating in April 2023 is a result of negligence, not intention,” they wrote in their letter. callousness or indifference.”
Meta has yet to comment.
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