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Meta fires staff for buying toothpaste, not lunch


Meta workers reportedly used vouchers that should have been spent on meals to buy household goods.

Meta staff are given $25 (£19) for lunch, $20 for breakfast, and $25 for dinner in vouchers which are meant to be used for ordering food from Grubhub, the US name for takeaway website Just Eat. Posts on anonymous work social message board Blind appear to confirm elements of the story, originally reported by the Financial Times. The layoffs were first reported by Verge, with a spokesperson telling the tech publication: "A few teams at Meta are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy.

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