Facebook 是最新一家发起大规模裁员的大型科技公司，使用算法随机选择 60 名合同员工。
这流离失所的承包商 据 Business Insider 周五报道，埃森哲德克萨斯州奥斯汀总部的员工在周二的视频通话中获悉了这一决定，但并未就他们将失去职位的原因提供明确的解释。
据报道，在公司为严重的经济衰退做准备时，Meta 首席执行官马克扎克伯格表示，将使用“严格的绩效评估”来淘汰员工。
扎克伯格说，“实际上，肯定有一些员工不应该在这里。”
Meta（前身为 Facebook Inc）通过埃森哲奥斯汀办事处聘用了合同工，尽管该公司与 Meta 签订了约 5 亿美元的合同，为公司的员工提供内容审核和商业诚信方面的装备。
Big Tech减少支出和招聘的最新表现是裁员。
据报道，受影响的 Facebook 员工被告知，他们的工作将于 9 月 2 日终止，但他们的工资将持续到 10 月 3 日。
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埃森哲表示，它让承包商可以选择在未来两周内“重新申请”公司内部的可用工作。据员工称，埃森哲告知他们，该过程将包括更多轮面试，并且“不确定”是否有人会被重新雇用。
在回应每日邮报的问题时，一位 Facebook 代表表示，“感谢您的询问，但我们无可奉告。”
这不是计算机算法第一次被授予解雇员工的权力。据 Game Developer 称，去年 8 月，游戏行业支付处理公司艾克索拉 (Xsolla) 的约 150 名员工在算法确定他们“不敬业且效率低下”后被解雇。
5 月，Meta 宣布暂停招聘，在问答环节，扎克伯格透露，他将减少 30% 的新工程师招聘计划； Meta 的最初目标不是雇用 10,000 人，而是雇用 6,000 到 7,000 人。
根据一份新报告，苹果在警告其将限制招聘和减少支出后，解雇了大量合同制招聘人员。
Facebook 的母公司 Meta 最近披露其元宇宙计划 Reality Labs 亏损约 30 亿美元。 Metaverse 部门已连续第二个季度未能实现盈利。
Meta 的加密货币实验 Diem 在今年 2 月被关闭。
管理该项目的 Diem 协会已宣布以 1.82 亿美元的价格将加密货币企业的资产出售给 Silvergate Capital Corporation。
日线图上的加密货币总市值为 1.02 万亿美元 |来源：TradingView.com 特色图片来自博客 - UseProof，图表来自TradingView.com
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