Meta’s Not-So-Subtle Way of Saying 'Do It Perfect or Go Home' Since 2013
KEY POINTS
- •Adrien Friggeri worked over a decade at Meta, including when it was Facebook, before moving to Microsoft.
- •He described how tighter 2025 expectations led Meta to lay off roughly 3,600 employees labeled as low performers.
- •Friggeri shared four tips: clarify expectations, seek regular feedback, focus on visible projects, and continuously upskill.
Adrien Friggeri, a Meta lifer since it was still called Facebook and later a partner engineer at Microsoft, spills the Silicon Valley secret: there used to be 'organizational slack,' but now it's gone, replaced by ruthless speed traps and a 3600-name low-performance casualty list from Meta's 2025 layoffs. His advice? Spell out what 'great' means every 30/60/90 days, chase feedback like a life raft, pick projects tied to outcomes (not daydreams), and never stop learning—because apparently, job security now hinges on performance horror stories from 10 years ago. He also hates quiet geniuses who 'lock themselves in rooms' for months and drop finished masterpieces without fanfare—overcommunication is the new survival skill. Share your progress loudly, or don’t share it at all, lest you become Silicon Valley’s next performance statistic.
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Meta used to tolerate slack, now they prefer a noose called 'tighter expectations' and cut 3,600 low performers in February alone. Performance horror stories are real, so overcommunicate your way out of job hell or your chair’s on fire next.
Remember when Facebook was meta for fun and not death by performance reviews? Yeah, me neither. 3,600 layoffs and counting.
Silicon Valley’s motto now: ‘Less slack, more panic.’ If you’re not begging for feedback daily, congratulations, you’re fired.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/14/2026 | Author: Henry Chandonnet
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