Meta Workers Say Their CTO Does not Need Them Writing Posts on Blind

• Meta workers wrote in a Blind put up that CTO Andrew Bosworth does not need them posting on the location.
• One Meta worker stated Bosworth “went off on a rant” and stated it is “dangerous” for his or her psychological well being.
• Shut to three,000 Meta workers signed as much as Blind the day earlier than it introduced mass layoffs.

Meta’s chief expertise officer is deterring workers from writing in regards to the firm on Blind, in accordance with workers posts on the nameless skilled community.

Workers stated that Andrew “Boz” Bosworth instructed them the location was “dangerous” for his or her psychological well being and to “get off” the platform.

“Our CTO went off on a rant speaking about how dangerous blind is to your psychological well being. However in like only a couple minutes he addressed so most of the discussions within the final 2 weeks,” one Meta worker posted on Blind on Wednesday.

They added: “He clearly reads Blind on an ongoing foundation and it is so rattling humorous as a result of he is the one in control of Metaverse efforts. Think about studying 1000’s of threads about how your recreation is lacking legs.”

Just a few different Meta staff chimed into the dialogue, with one writing that “he is proper, however he additionally has no legs to face on,” whereas one other stated “my CTO is blind.”

Blind instructed Insider it has greater than 64,000 Meta employees signed up on its platform, which it stated was greater than three quarters of the workforce.

It additionally stated that shut to three,000 Meta workers joined Blind the day earlier than the Facebook founder announced 11,000 job cuts.

One other Meta worker, seemingly quoting Bosworth, posted on Blind: “Get off Blind. It’s horrible. It’s only a supply of misinformation and nonsense. There was a bunch of of people that posted, , alleged confirmations that seemed actually credible. They had been utterly made-up on Blind. “

The put up continued: “Individuals speak about Bain, there have been no consultants concerned on this. Individuals saying I used to be going to give up. I am not quitting, I will be right here. You are caught with me. Get off of Blind … What are you doing to your mentals?” 

Blind requires customers to offer their work electronic mail deal with, job title and employer when becoming a member of.  

Blind’s co-founder and chief enterprise officer, Kyum Kim, instructed Insider that he was “not stunned” that he the likes of Bosworth learn posts on the platform.

“I believe that simply proves the truth that there isn’t a different higher useful resource to know what’s really going by way of folks’s minds,” he stated. “I believe it additionally represents the discomfort that executives and corporations could really feel after they learn the discussions, however they’re nonetheless on it as a result of it is wanted.”

Meta didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark by Insider.