Meta employees were reportedly fired for abusing the tech company's meal voucher system, such as using it to buy toothpaste and laundry detergent.
Other policy violations included sharing the vouchers with others or going over budget, according to people who said they worked at Meta.
There are differing versions as to how much warning, if any, the owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp gave workers before firing them.
Additionally, the company reportedly cut jobs across the company. Meta has been contacted for comment.
Meta staff receive $25 (£19) for lunch, $20 for breakfast and $25 for dinner in vouchers to be used to order food from Grubhub, the American name for the food site Just Eat takeaway.
Posts on anonymous workplace social forum Blind appear to confirm elements of the story, first reported by the Financial Times.
One user wrote that more than 30 people were fired last week because they used the credits on “non-food items, shared credits with people, or went over budget.”
Non-food items purchased include toothpaste, toothbrushes and wine glasses.
“They were given a warning to stop, which most of them did, but were still fired three months later, even after stopping,” the user explained.
Some reiterated that staff had been warned, while other users wrote that there had been no warning.
The company also reportedly made job cuts at WhatsApp, Instagram and Reality Labs, its virtual reality business responsible for the Oculus headset.
Jane Manchun Wong, a former security engineer at Meta, said Wednesday that she lost her job as part of larger layoffs.
“I'm still trying to process this but have been informed that my role at Meta has been impacted,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Ms Wong was hired just over a year ago as a software engineer after being named to the 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 list.
The layoffs were first reported by Verge, with a spokesperson telling the tech publication: “A few Meta teams are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and localization strategy .
“This involves moving some teams to different locations and moving some employees to different roles. In situations like this, where a position is eliminated, we work hard to find other opportunities for affected employees. »
