Meta fired its employee on maternity leave

• A Meta employee disclosed that her maternity leave was shortened as a result of the layoffs.
• Prior to this, a different Meta staffer who was on maternity leave was also fired.
• Meta Platforms Inc. is also planning to close approximately 5,000 openings.

Facebook’s parent firm Meta is now eliminating 10,000 more jobs, following 11,000 layoffs last year. Numerous workers who have been affected by the second round of layoffs at the business are now posting their experiences on LinkedIn. After working for the business for three years, one such Meta employee disclosed that her maternity leave was shortened as a result of the layoffs.

During her tenure at the business, Sara Schneider, a member of the talent acquisition and recruiting team, described how she underwent significant life events, such as moving three times, meeting the love of her life, getting married, becoming pregnant, and giving birth to her first child.

She stated in a LinkedIn article,” Unfortunately, my maternity leave was cut short at Meta due to the brutal Meta Layoffs. I spent an amazing 3 years at a company that had so many memories and worked with the best teams and incredible people. This layoff was not performance-based as so many top performers were let go. I am honored to have spent time recruiting for the People Team as well as the Software Engineering Team.”

Ms. Schneider’s post also revealed that she had ”’suffered from an almost fatal post-partum hemorrhage 8 hours after giving birth.”

”During my birth process, I suffered from an almost fatal post-partum hemorrhage 8 hours after giving birth. I lost over 5 Liters of blood with massive blood clots and blood pressure in the 50’s. Although incredibly traumatic, I know I was kept alive for a reason. It gives me perspective that I have a purpose, and the hills and valleys of life are just that – temporary. I made a promise to myself that if I made it out alive, I wouldn’t sweat life so much and be grateful for everything around me,” she further wrote.

Prior to this, a different Meta Facebook’s parent firm Meta is now eliminating 10,000 more jobs, following 11,000 layoffs last year. Numerous workers who have been affected by the second round of layoffs at the business are now posting their experiences on LinkedIn. After working for the business for three years, one such Meta employee disclosed that her maternity leave was shortened as a result of the layoffs. taffer who was on maternity leave was also fired. In a LinkedIn post, Andi Allen, who served as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Meta, wrote, “I was part of today’s Meta layoffs while on maternity leave”. She also sked, “Has Mark Zuckerberg taken a pay cut?” and stated that her recruitment team was “top-notch” while saying that Meta’s “handling of the situation is appalling”.

Besides the layoffs, Meta Platforms Inc. is also planning to close approximately 5,000 openings, scrap lower-priority projects, and flatten layers of middle management.

Mr. Zuckerberg claims that 2023 will be Meta’s “year of efficiency,” and the business has been informing staff members of this during performance evaluations.

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