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Meta fires staffers for using $25 meal credits on household goods
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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I'll give you that, but that other commenter seemed to think it wouldn't be "fair" if another employee used it, and they didn't, which is a very childish notion. Depending on severity and duration, I could even see it being a talking to. I do also see not being able to find this employee suitable for a position of trust, which they may have been in given their salary. If the employer can't trust you to self-regulate on something as simple as a meal voucher, I don't see how they could trust you at large.
Absolutely! My kids make this argument all the time (they got a half centimeter more juice than me!! waaah!!), and if they complain, I take it away. I was always taught, "you get what you get and you don't get upset," which works fantastically when divvying up things like this. I'm not going to make a stink over a $25 food voucher or whatever, it's just a way to replace not having a benefit available elsewhere (a cafeteria), and if you're whining about someone else using the whole $25 when you don't, then you're a super selfish person who I wouldn't want to work with anyway.
If I was a manager in this situation, I'd deal with it exactly as I do with my kids: I'd take away the voucher. No disciplinary action, just removing the benefit if it's causing problems. I would probably also not want to recommend them for promotion because this type of behavior often indicates other issues, but I wouldn't do that just because of this stupid benefit violation.