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Meta fires employees who abused its $25 Grubhub meal perk

Oct 17, 2024, 18:25 IST
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  • Meta terminated some employees who abused a Grubhub perk, a source confirmed to BI.
  • The Grubhub credits are for employees working late at Meta's smaller offices.
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Meta recently fired some employees for misusing a Grubhub meal perk, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Roughly two dozen employees were terminated for abusing the company's meal credit system, this person said. They asked not to be identified discussing legally sensitive internal matters.

The Grubhub perk is intended to support employees who work at locations where free meals aren't provided by a cafeteria, or when employees are working late and need to have food delivered to the office.

Instead of purchasing meals, some Meta employees used the $25 credit to order other items, including laundry detergent, wine glasses, and acne pads, according to the person familiar with the situation.

The roughly two-dozen staff were fired for a repeated pattern of misuse, the person added. The FT first reported the news.

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This episode has been discussed at length in recent days by some Meta employees on Blind, an online workforce forum.

Business Insider reviewed these Blind discussions, including screenshots of some discussions that took place in a section of the app only accessible to Meta employees.

Some employees in those discussions said the firings happened in Los Angeles. While Meta offers free food to many of its employees based in key offices, it provides meal credits to employees based in smaller offices, such as its LA one.

Meta said on Wednesday that it reorganized some of its biggest businesses, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs, eliminating some roles.

Do you work at Meta and have a story to share? Contact the reporter from a non-work device and email at aaltchek@businessinsider.com

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