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Meta's leadership awarded massive stock options to top executives at the same time the company laid off thousands of workers. The $56.3 billion quarterly profit didn't stop the job cuts.
Meta awarded massive stock options to six executives at the same moment the company laid off 8,000 workers. The company reported $56.3 billion in quarterly profit—meaning the layoffs weren't forced by financial trouble. Leadership enriched itself while cutting workers.
This is a clear signal about where power and loyalty sit inside the company. Executives protect their own compensation even during layoffs. Workers are expendable, leadership is not. It's legal, but it's the kind of move that builds resentment and occasionally prompts regulators to ask harder questions about executive pay structures. It also tells workers exactly what the company values.
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