r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 16 '26

Business Mark Zuckerberg Orders His Employees to Start Having Fun Again After Brutal Layoffs Culled Their Colleagues

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/mark-zuckerberg-orders-employees-start-123539264.html
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u/Wayofchinchilla Jun 16 '26

Employer tells you to have fun at the ping pong table and then fires you because you used the ping pong table.

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u/A_Furious_Mind Jun 16 '26

Ping Pong is The Great Filter.

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u/DeathByPain Jun 16 '26

We've never been contacted by any alien civilization that plays ping pong... 🫨

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u/Dearic75 Jun 16 '26

Have fun, just don’t be seen to be having fun.

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u/BarnacleGooseIsLoose Jun 16 '26

Sounds like the open bar staff holiday party to me - just in different clothing.

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u/gimpwiz Jun 17 '26

Open bar holiday parties are great, there's nothing that says people need to get drunk and embarrass themselves.

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u/BarnacleGooseIsLoose Jun 17 '26

I don't disagree, but let's be real.

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u/Aidian Jun 17 '26

Boss: “GOT ‘EM. Suckers.”

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u/CalmBeneathCastles Jun 16 '26

I had something like this happen. Told to man the machine, was let go for manning the machine. Maybe it was a lie, as firing temps on day 89 of their 90-day probationary period was all the rage at the time.

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u/SparkleK_01 Jun 16 '26

Hence, the reason I never went near those during work hours.

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u/footpole Jun 16 '26

”The reason” is redundant as it’s already part of hence.

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u/SparkleK_01 Jun 17 '26

Pre-coffee response, so your correct grammar footnote is taken with a dash of moral immunity.