Meta, the company that owns Facebook, like other technology companies, is cutting operating costs. In fact, as Apple recently did, laying off more than 100 recruiters, Facebook’s parent company did the same too. However, it did so by random selection where humans were selected by the AI algorithm.
It is important to point out that these dismissals were not based on poor results, nor on the inability to achieve the objectives set by the North American company. In other words, between equally competent employees, the difficult decision of choosing 60 people to terminate the contractual relationship will have fallen to Artificial Intelligence.
Dismissals by videoconference with selection made by the Meta algorithm
This wave of layoffs among Big Tech has caused waves in Silicon Valley. By the way, we remember the massive layoffs in companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, in addition to Tesla and the aforementioned Meta. However, according to the report of the well-informed personApproximately 60 Accenture employees will be affected by the decision in question.
It should be noted that the company Accenture is involved with the management of Facebook moderators and content supervisors, as well as other contractors. For these unlucky contributors, the choice fell on one of the Metaverse algorithms.
This move comes weeks after Mark Zuckerberg promised to “remove inefficiencies” from his company. However, the choice of these collaborators was “random”, according to the aforementioned source.
Wave of mass layoffs hits Silicon Valley’s big tech companies
The source in question claims that Accenture did not offer these employees alternative work. However, they will have been told that they could reapply for any new vacancies available within two weeks.
In short, although this wave of layoffs is not surprising, considering the previous statements by Mark Zuckerberg, the choice of the 60 employees was quite peculiar.
Is this the beginning of a new trend in human resource management in Silicon Valley and later in the rest of the world?
