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Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

The Pragmatic Engineer 4 months ago 46

Meta has forcibly reassigned 30-50% of core engineering staff to AI data labeling and training tasks, tracking their keystrokes without opt-out, dismantling a 20-year culture where engineers chose their own work. The company acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI for $14.8 billion in June 2024 and brought in Scale's CEO to rebuild Meta's AI capabilities from scratch after Llama 4 disappointed. Engineers report feeling demoted from a respected profit center to a disdained cost center, with menial labeling work threatening their career prospects and morale at what was Silicon Valley's most prestigious engineering organization.

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Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

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