Is there any truth to the laid off Metamates being underperformers?
Obviously not all are underperformers, but what % of the laid off folks can be categorized into being underperformers? I have been interviewing two candidates from Meta, but they seem to be great! Just worried about the work ethics and I really don't have a good way to judge work ethics from an interview. #tech #meta TC - 430k
Low performers will take some time for interview prep and then apply. Only those who are ready to be interviewed will apply now.
Disagreeing to this statement partly. Those who are good performers in the job might also need time to prepare for a job interview
Interview skill set is completely different
I work at meta and it definitely appears they are not all under performers
Not really based on performance
Performance is relative. People are underperformers due to a variety of a reason and not just work ethic. A lot of it is not getting along with their managers. Also meta has a peculiar impact culture, so somebody might be a good worker but not a fit for the culture. You should have asked them questions on handling situations and probed them / cross questioned them. I find that to be a better indicator than some random assessment by a random manager you don't even know.
Under performers were definitely over represented. But not by too much IMO.
From experience 1. Less than 1% would be random. Happens with whole divisions are cut. 2. NO ONE willingly or knowingly lays off their top performers 3. There is ALWAYS a list of stacked ranked people. You can be in denial about it though
Besides HR (had almost 50% laid off), for teams that were given lower headcount targets for 2023, the bottom 3-5% performers were cut. The rest were up to VP’s discretion for what low priority areas/projects or redundant roles to cut. So less than half of those laid off were due to performance (the bottom 3-5%).
Business teams (PMM, Recruiting for example) were severely impacted with whole teams impacted (including their VP, D2, and D1). Definitely not performance-related but function/needs determined.
Bain played Thanos at Meta, selected layoff targets randomly. It sucks for sure!
first batch was random is what I read / next wave will be performance based - this is what I read (here on Blind)
Thanks
Performance aka are you buddies with the manager/are they the same religion/nationality/whatever group No one's that dumb here