Former Meta recruiter claims she was paid Rs 1.5 crore ‘to do nothing’ amid Facebook layoffs

Former Meta employee Maddie claims to have earned a six-figure salary for doing nothing, attending numerous team meetings and going through an extensive onboarding process. She was fired after posting “challenging” content about Meta on TikTok. Maddie’s story is relatable, with others sharing similar experiences. With Meta restructuring and laying off employees, Maddie left just in time.

That’s right, you heard it correctly — nothing!

Maddie claims that during her six-month tenure with the company in 2021, her team wasn’t taking on any new employees for a year.

“We weren’t expected to hire anybody for the first six months, even the first year,” she explained. “That really blew my mind. Like ‘perfect, I’m just going to ride this out for a year, obviously I didn’t make that.’”

Instead, she spent her days “learning” from the company’s comprehensive onboarding and training process, which apparently was considered the best

If you thought that was crazy, wait until you hear about the meetings.

“But the most that we did, this is the crazy part, is we had so many team meetings,” the TikToker recalled the strategic overkill at Meta.

But alas, Maddie’s time at Meta came to an end when her viral TikTok video about the company’s benefits package received positive feedback from her co-workers. Unfortunately, Meta’s higher-ups weren’t too thrilled with the content on Maddie’s account, and she ended up getting fired for posting about how “challenging” her job could be. Maddie tried to assure Meta that she stopped talking about the company specifically, but apparently, they didn’t believe her and went through 20 of her TikTok videos, questioning their appropriateness.

It’s no wonder Maddie decided to jump ship and quit a day before she was fired. Her videos have since accumulated over 210,400 views on TikTok, with some users in the comments section roasting her time at Meta. But she’s not alone in her unproductive experience. Other people have commented, expressing how they could relate to Maddie’s work experience, with one person stating that they had the same experience for four months and it was the easiest paycheck ever.