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Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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492 points Lionga | 4 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.759s | source
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htrp ◴[22 Oct 25 17:45 UTC] No.45672619[source]▶
Meta will shortly post for 700 new AI roles
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cool_man_bob ◴[22 Oct 25 17:47 UTC] No.45672645[source]▶
In India
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georgeburdell ◴[22 Oct 25 17:52 UTC] No.45672720[source]▶
The new head is Chinese. There was a screenshot on Blind of his org at Apple and it was well over a hundred nearly exclusively Chinese reports
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ls-a ◴[22 Oct 25 18:18 UTC] No.45673079[source]▶
I heard the same about Satya. Not only does he exclusively hire Indians, but specific Indians too
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1. linhns ◴[22 Oct 25 18:43 UTC] No.45673403[source]▶
Indians hire their relatives and pals, that’s nothing to be surprised of.
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2. ikamm ◴[22 Oct 25 18:59 UTC] No.45673601[source]▶
...is there a nationality or ethnicity that doesn't?
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3. sunshowers ◴[22 Oct 25 19:08 UTC] No.45673711[source]▶
I'm Indian -- I think a lot of this comes from the fact that the Brits left such a horrible legal system behind that it's hard to trust it to resolve disputes well. So people default to family/community trust relations.

I've been lucky to work in high-quality teams where nepotism hasn't been a concern, but I do understand where it's coming from (bad as it is).

4. baobabKoodaa ◴[22 Oct 25 20:19 UTC] No.45674631[source]▶
Uhh yes?