Meta CTO says employees who don't agree with its policy changes should 'quit' or 'consider working elsewhere'

• Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told staffers to "leave or disagree and commit" to working at the company.
• Bosworth was responding to some employees voicing concerns over recent policy changes.
• The company recently changed its approach to internal Q&A sessions in a bid to crack down on leaks.

Meta Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth told some employees to "quit" and "consider working elsewhere" if they think all staffers must like the company's policies.

Bosworth's remarks were in response to comments on a post he shared in an open group on Meta's internal forum Workplace on January 30.

In the group, called "Let's Fix Meta," Bosworth shared an article by The Verge about CEO Mark Zuckerberg's comments to employees in an all-hands meeting that day, which Business Insider first reported.

Along with the article link, he wrote, "As predicted, the entirety of todays Q&A leaked. It sounds like someone just gave the entire audio feed to a journalist. I saw all the angry/sad reaccs about the change to the format and I share a sense of loss about it, but I think this makes it clear it was the right call."

Commenting on the post in the group that has nearly 12,000 members, one employee wrote, "1. Company changes policies to specifically target the LGBTQ community, 2. Cuts its own data-backed DEI programs, 3. Leadership goes on a far-right podcast to explain changes instead of addressing employees, 4. Limits free speech internally…and there's surprise?"

Bosworth responded and said, "I literally wrote no surprise in the OP [original post], but setting aside specifics if your view is 'everyone has to like all the policies we have and if they don't it is appropriate to leak' then I think you should consider working elsewhere."

Another person commented and said they "agree leaking is not productive or rational", adding that "emotional and scared employees don't do productive things."

In a separate comment, the same person said, "Blaming leaks for why Mark's policy decisions cannot even be discussed, much less appealed, is the slap in the face. We're all here because when we were hired, we were the best candidate for the job. Now we're being s**t on…"

The exchange continued and Bosworth replied, "You should quit if you feel that way, I mean it. To suggest that any of this is 1/ being shit on (what?) 2/ me saying it is a good thing (what what?) is wild."

He added, "Unless you are referring to the policy changes, in which case Mark spent quite a while talking through them, it just sounds like you don't agree. In that case you can leave or disagree and commit."

Ahead of the company's January all-hands meeting, a Meta vice president of internal communications informed employees in a Workplace post that it was changing its process for selecting questions in Q&A sessions.

"We will skip questions that we expect might be unproductive if they leak or things like People related questions that have already been answered," the VP wrote.

In other comments seen by BI, several Meta employees express concern over recent content moderation changes.

One employee criticized what they called leadership's silence on "transphobic/homophobic policies." Another questioned where employees could voice criticism if internal discussions were discouraged. A third employee agreed, saying the situation was making Meta a "more hostile place to work."

Meta is facing continued internal dissent in response to Zuckerberg's January announcement that it would cut "low-performers" and recent policy changes. Some employees recently questioned the company's removal of posts on Workplace, with one employee describing it as a "free speech issue."

Meta didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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