Business Insider quoted human resources recruitment companies and industry sources as saying that more and more Facebook employees are quitting their jobs or looking to leave the company.
Greg Selker, representative of recruiting company Stanton Chase, said: `For many years, emails, calls and messages that recruiters sent to Facebook employees were ignored. But this year, they not only responded.`
Selker said he talked to employees of the world’s largest social network every week and received interest from vice presidents, directors to engineers.
Jose Guardado, technology recruiter and founder of Build Talent, said: `For a long time, it was difficult to convince Facebook employees to leave the organization. Now, the connection between them has become looser.`
Other employers also confirmed the same situation.
Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Meanwhile, a Facebook spokesperson said the company’s staff increased by 20% compared to last year and continues to be `committed to expanding recruitment globally`.
According to Business Insider, the decline of a technology company can be seen from its ability to recruit talented engineers and workers.
For 17 years, Facebook has often been rated as one of the best places to work in America.
But in recent years, the company’s assessment of the working environment has worsened.
On Workplace – the internal system for Facebook employees, the number of posts about burnout appears increasingly.
`There’s a never-before-seen feeling of discomfort about Facebook that employees are experiencing,` said an experienced recruiter in the technology sector.
A former engineer who quit last year told Business Insider the reason was simply that he was tired of the company and `Facebook seemed old.`
`We’re hiring for any position we want,` said Andy Price, longtime tech recruiter and founder of Artisanal Talent. Engineers in Facebook’s engineering department are leaving en masse.
In September, Mike Schroepfer announced his resignation as Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer next year after 13 years of service, right before former manager Frances Haugen `blew the whistle on the company`.
In a Twitter thread about plans to build a metaverse, former employee Chakrabarti said that Facebook’s pivot to VR and AR gives the company another opportunity to build more responsible technology.
Chakrabarti said using the Meta name could energize employees who stay on the new project.
Khuong Nha (according to Business Insider)