Mark Zuckerberg to employees in leaked all-hands meeting: ‘buckle up’

Mark Zuckerberg.

Tensions were high inside Meta ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s first all-hands meeting of the year.

Employee-submitted questions for the CEO touched on a couple of big themes: concerns about his announcement that “low-performers” would be let go on February 10th, his MAGA-fueled changes to Meta’s content moderation policies and DEI programs, and his comment to Joe Rogan about wanting more “masculine energy” in the workplace. “Are the changes we’re seeing (in any way) influenced by the new U.S. president?” asked one employee ahead of the internal meeting. “If so, why are we making changes based on these factors?”

With a lot of the rank and file clearly on edge, Zuckerberg made sure there would be fewer opportunities for drama during today’s Q&A. Before it started, HR notified employees that “we will skip questions that we expect might be unproductive if they leak.” For the first time, the most upvoted employee questions were no longer ranked for everyone to see and comments were disabled during the livestream.

Before jumping into the Q&A, Zuckerberg addressed the changes head on: “We try to be really open and then everything I say leaks. It sucks.”

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