Meta CTO calls perk demand ‘very dumb’; AI gains reserved for products

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shut down an employee who asked whether AI productivity gains could revive Meta Days, the scrapped holiday perk, calling the question “very dumb” at a July townhall. He said the extra hours should go into building products, then told the staffer to ask their parents about it as a career strategy. Meta cut 8,000 jobs in May.