Mark Zuckerberg Is Realizing That When You Treat Your Workers Like Human Garbage, They Might Not Like You Anymore

"Meta leadership announced it would start tracking the mouse and keyboard inputs on tens of thousands of employees' computers, with the ostensible mission of teaching its AI models "how people actually complete everyday tasks using computers." Seeing this as a clear violation of their privacy, employees immediately revolted. In response to the announcement, one engineering manager commented that the program made them "super uncomfortable" and asked how to "opt out.""

"If an employee doesn't use AI enough, they'll get dinged on their performance review. And while Meta's future looks more uncertain than ever, Zuckerberg has turned his attention towards building a photorealistic AI clone of himself to make his micromanaging presence omnipresent throughout the company. Morale, in other words, has been low. But it can and has gotten worse, after an executive essentially told staffers to suck it up when they questioned a sweeping new data-tracking initiative that many perceived as a thinly-veiled act of workplace surveillance."

""There is no option to opt-out on your corporate laptop," replied Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth. His response was bombarded with over 100 angry and surprised emojis from employees, per the NYT. Others spoke out. "Your callousness to the concerns of your own employees is concerning," another employee told Bosworth. Bosworth insisted that the data the company gathers "is very tightly contro"

Meta is pursuing an AI-first operating model that relies on significant investment and increased employee pressure. Thousands of employees have been fired, while remaining staff are expected to use AI extensively to handle multiple projects through background AI agents. Performance reviews may penalize employees who do not use AI enough. Morale has declined further due to a new data-tracking initiative that records mouse and keyboard inputs on tens of thousands of corporate laptops. The stated goal is to teach AI models how people complete everyday computer tasks. Employees raised privacy concerns and asked to opt out, but Meta leadership said there is no opt-out option on corporate devices.

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