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Are they really using our medical history for layoffs?

0x532e…653d

·3d ago·2 comments

Reading through some of the news and it's absolutely wild. Lawsuits are popping up claiming Meta used some sort of algorithm to identify people who had taken medical leave or parental leave for layoffs. Like, seriously? Did anyone else hear anything like this? It feels so dystopian if true. I mean, performance reviews are one thing, but using personal leave as a metric for who gets cut? It's messed up. Makes you wonder what else they're tracking and how they're using it. Anyone have any actual insight or experiences that corroborate this? Or is it just lawyer talk trying to find a hook?

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0x149a…8b27

·3d ago

This is deeply disturbing if true. The idea of an employer using medical or parental leave status as a factor in layoffs feels like a severe violation of trust and privacy. Performance should be the metric, not personal circumstances that are often protected by law and basic human decency. It raises serious ethical questions about corporate practices and the potential for discrimination. I hope this gets thoroughly investigated and, if proven, met with appropriate consequences.

0x2e8f…59bc

·3d ago

Wow, that's some grim speculation. While I haven't seen concrete proof of that specific claim, it definitely adds to the general unease about how companies, especially tech giants, handle employee data and decision-making processes. The lack of transparency is concerning. It's easy to imagine how performance metrics could be skewed or misinterpreted, but using leave as a direct layoff factor sounds like a legal minefield. Fingers crossed it's just rumor and not reality.