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The contractors were told they could 'reapply' for any newly available job for the next two weeks but that their current work will be gone by September 2 and will be paid through October 3.Īccenture representatives stunningly told a worker who asked how the layoffs were determined that an algorithm chose people at random and gave no specific reason for why the employees' jobs were being cut. The layoffs were announced during a video conference call Tuesday and they were not immediately offered new jobs or transfers by Accenture, according to Business Insider.Ī spokesperson for Facebook, when asked about the news by, said: 'Thank you for the inquiry, however, we have no comment.' The contractors are employed via Accenture in their Austin office, a company that has a deal worth nearly half a billion dollars a year to staff up the company with workers in content moderation and business integrity.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also recently said he will weed out underperforming employees with 'aggressive performance reviews' as the company braces for a deep economic turndown. The layoffs are the latest example of Big Tech reining in spending and hiring, as just days ago Apple let go of about 100 recruiters. Now Meta starts laying off workers: Facebook terminates 60 contractors who were told in video conference that they were chosen 'at random' by an algorithm to get fired - just days after Apple got rid of recruitment staffĪ group of about 60 contractors who work with Facebook learned they were laid off this week after they were chosen 'at random' by an algorithm.