Meta is begging some employees to step up and become managers again
- Meta wants to upgrade ex-managers back to managers
- 7,000 workers were moved into the Applied AI org earlier this year
- Company's CTO admitted previous workforce changes were "atrocious"
Meta has reportedly partially reversed its decision to push for flatter, manager-light teams by asking some employees in its Applied AI business to move from individual contributor roles back into managerial positions.
New Business Insiderreporting suggests Meta is asking certain workers to volunteer themselves as managers rather than forcing them into it, but without the company sharing comment on the matter, it's unclear how workers who refuse may be impacted.
As for the business itself, it's a pretty new one that was established this year, with around 7,000 employees shifted under the Applied AI umbrella.
Some of the workers who were previously assigned as managers were reassigned as individual contributors when they joined the Applied AI org, with Business Insiderpreviously...
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