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Meta terminated employees who used $25 Grubhub credits meant for office meals on non-food items. Meta employees reacted to the news on the company's Blind channel. The Grubhub meal perk is meant to support Meta employees at locations where free meals aren't provided by a cafeteria, or when employees work into the evening. "They violated a 'follow this rule or you will be terminated' policy, and they were terminated. Another Meta employee referenced Mark Zuckerberg's "year of efficiency" strategy in assessing the recent firings.

Persons: —, Grubgate, Read, Mark Zuckerberg's Organizations: Service, Meta, Business, Grubgate, Reality Labs Locations: Meta

☆ The 5 most popular CEOs in the US right now, as voted by employees — and the 5 least popular
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Anonymous employee social media platform Blind ranked 104 CEOs based on an employee survey. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang received the highest approval rating of 96%. Perceived job security was likely one of the most significant contributors to the CEO's approval ratings, according to Blind's October 4 announcement of the survey's results. Meanwhile, some CEOs with the lowest approval ratings had cut jobs in 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementHere's the list of top five and bottom five CEOs in the survey, as ranked by Blind according to their approval ratings.

Persons: Jensen Huang, David Goeckeler, —, Blind Organizations: Western Digital, Service Locations: Blind's

☆ Tech workers are willing to give up on high salaries and take a pay cut amid mass layoffs, survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The majority of tech workers in a Blind survey said they'd accept equal or lower pay. Many of those surveyed attributed their willingness to accept lower pay to an uncertain job market. Tech workers have been questioning for months whether its the end of the era of $500,000+ pay. Mass layoffs appear to have spooked many tech workers into being willing to accept lower salaries, according to a new study. The platform attributed the higher impact on mid-level tech workers to an "oversupply of mid-level talent" in the market.

Persons: they'd, they're Organizations: Tech, Morning, Google, Blind, Seattle — Locations: San Francisco , New York City

☆ 'Love Is Blind' is hell on earth: Contestants say producers deprived them of food and sleep, preyed on their anxieties, and refused to let them quit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Katie Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

After the 10 days, cast members must decide whether they want to get engaged to another contestant sight unseen — or go home. The season-two contestant Nick Thompson said "Love Is Blind" didn't adequately support its cast members — during or after filming. Many cast members believed "Love Is Blind" would be a cut above other reality shows. The first evening in Cancún, producers told Ruhl she couldn't attend a party for all the newly engaged couples because they thought she might have COVID-19. In a later episode he again became infuriated and threatened to leave when Reed came home late from clubbing with other cast members.

☆ Staff say 'stay away from Twitter 2.0' in Blind reviews due to its 'toxic' culture under Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter employees are warning potential recruits to "stay away" from the company in Blind reviews. One Blind user told people to "wake up and stay away from Twitter 2.0" in their review on December 3. A self-described people manager said Twitter was once an "amazing company" with a "welcoming culture" in their review posted December 6. About 1,400 Twitter employees signed up to Blind after Musk bought Twitter on October 27, Blind's co-founder told Insider. A total of 180 reviews of Twitter have been posted by employees on Blind since Musk took over.

☆ Familiar U.S. shortcomings exposed but best yet to come
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Hritika Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Needing a win over Iran to advance, Gregg Berhalter's side delivered, surviving nervous moments at the end to earn the first victory of their campaign. Pulisic, Adams, Weston McKennie, Yunus Musah, Tim Weah and Sergino Dest were among 19 players making their World Cup debuts. The previous record for the U.S. team stood at 16, set in the 1990 tournament when they bowed out in the group stage. The quality of the squad combined with their progress during the tournament sparked discussions about the next American golden generation. Berhalter was reluctant to place that burden on his players but this time it does not feel like promotional bluster.

☆ Netherlands eliminates U.S. in round 16 of the World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

DOHA, QATAR - DECEMBER 03: The players of Netherlands celebrate victory at full time during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match between Netherlands and USA at Khalifa International Stadium on December 3, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. Using the second-youngest squad in the tournament, the Americans achieved the bare minimum to consider the World Cup a success, beating Iran in their group-stage finale to reach the knockout round. But just like in 2010 against Ghana and 2014 against Belgium, the United States was eliminated in the round of 16. The Americans are winless in 12 games against European opponents at the World Cup since 2002, losing six, and are 1-7 during the tournament's knockout rounds. In 37 World Cup matches, the Americans have never won a game in which they trailed.

☆ About 1,400 Twitter workers have joined Blind since Elon Musk took over
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

More than 1,400 Twitter employees signed up to Blind in the past month, its co-founder told Insider. In the past month more than 1,400 Twitter employees signed up to Blind, its co-founder Kyum Kim told Insider. Kim previously told Insider that it had seen "much more usage" this month following mass layoffs in the tech sector. Kim, who is also Blind's chief business officer, told Insider that about 3,000 Meta staff signed up the day before Mark Zuckerberg announced 11,000 job cuts. He also said more than 7,000 Meta employees joined Blind in the first two weeks of November alone and that 64,000 Meta staff members are now on the site.

☆ Meta staff say their CTO doesn't want them writing posts on Blind
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta staff wrote in a Blind post that CTO Andrew Bosworth doesn't want them posting on the site. Close to 3,000 Meta employees signed up to Blind the day before it announced mass layoffs. Blind told Insider it has more than 64,000 Meta employees signed up on its platform, which it said was more than three quarters of the workforce. It also said that close to 3,000 Meta staff joined Blind the day before the Facebook founder announced 11,000 job cuts. Another Meta employee, seemingly quoting Bosworth, posted on Blind: "Get off Blind.

☆ Thousands of Meta workers signed up to Blind the day before Mark Zuckerberg announced mass layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta employees flocked to the anonymous professional network Blind the day before mass layoffs. Close to 3,000 Meta staff signed up to Blind the day before Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement. In the past two weeks about 7,000 Meta staff signed up, with 3 in 4 workers now on the site. On the day before the Facebook founder announced 11,000 job cuts, close to 3,000 Meta employees signed up to the platform, Kyum Kim told Insider. Blind has more than 64,000 Meta employees signed up on its platform, which it says is more than three quarters of the workforce.

☆ Blind users from other tech giants are telling Twitter employees to 'just quit' over Elon Musk's management style
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Users of the Blind app are chipping in on the Twitter drama, suggesting staff should "just quit." One Meta employee wrote that Elon Musk should "go f*** with your employees in private." Insider surveyed the anonymous forum and found a number of posts siding with Twitter employees. One user, whose profile suggests they work for Meta, wrote a post Tuesday entitled: "Twitter employees should just quit." The Meta employee added: "Boss move: block his Twitter account, he'll fire you."

☆ Twitter and Meta staff are flocking to vent on Blind – here's how the anonymous workplace forum works
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Silicon Valley employees are flocking to the anonymous workplace forum Blind. Here's everything you need to know about the workplace app and how to sign up. Rick Chen, a senior director and head of public relations at Blind, told Insider that people are normally verified using their work email. "People can't self-identify their employer," he added, explaining why using a work email is encouraged. However, this is only the case if an employer monitors company email accounts.

☆ Elon Musk is a ‘brutalist decision-maker’: Twitter employees are flooding Blind with bad reviews
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter employees are posting bad reviews about the company and Elon Musk on anonymous forum Blind. Insider trawled through the community app where employees can anonymously write reviews and post about their workplaces, to see what Twitter staff are saying about the company. Twitter laid off thousands of employees on Friday when Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of the platform. Blind requires that users give their work email address, the company they work for and their job title when they sign up. A total of 953 Twitter reviews since 2020 have been posted to the site and the company has an overall star rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars.

☆ 'Crazy stuff is happening at my work': Silicon Valley engineers are really freaking out right now
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-01 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Silicon Valley, perhaps even more than the rest of corporate America, has long been engaged in a two-sided battle over the pursuit of happiness. In the Silicon Valley that emerges on Blind, the engineers who strive for work-life balance are just as burned out as the late-night grinders. But Silicon Valley has always overindexed for Optimizers. If this is Silicon Valley today, nobody's happy, and everybody's burnt. Stereotypically, Silicon Valley engineers are grinders.

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