Meta's New Reality: Record Profits, Record Low Morale — The AI Hangover
Making bank but making enemies within: Meta's employees are more burned out than a dev on call 24/7.
Meta just posted record profits, but inside the company, the vibe is worse than a failed CI pipeline on a Friday evening. Mark Zuckerberg is high-fiving over AI strategy wins, while employees are drowning in reorgs and burnout. Corporate culture now feels like an infinite sprint with a moving finish line.
Leaks suggest an atmosphere every developer knows: "We're rewriting everything for AI, but nobody knows why." Teams are cut, then rehired, all under the banner of "efficiency." It's like refactoring legacy code that only increases entropy.
The irony is palpable: stock prices soar, employee satisfaction plummets. Turns out RSUs and bonuses don't cure burnout when every day feels like a hotfix deployment at 2 AM.
METABYTE studio comment: Meta proves that even with a mountain of cash, you can't buy a happy team without decent management. We'd suggest less "move fast and break things" and more "listen to your devs." But hey, who are we to advise Zuck?
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