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Do you remember when Facebook was just people sharing cat pictures (which I loved btw) and people bragging about their vacations (which I also loved)? Facebook used to be just people living their best lives. Now, it is a toxic cesspool where you feel more depressed than when you logged on!

Careless People is a required read.

Technology is going to be the next cigarette smoking. We all started it, not really giving it a second thought. Now, we really should be questioning is this really the best for us. Sarah Wynn-Williams certainly explains how Facebook/Meta is exploiting its users, deliberating hurting people if it will turn them a buck.

Sarah Wynn-Williams is a former Facebook/Meta employee, and she has the dirt. Although I will admit some of her complaints seemed rather petty. Like who cares if all of the employees let Mark Zuckerberg win at board games? Also, she was writing about how her boss lost his cowboy boots, and she went all over trying to find them. Why? Wasn't she a director of policy or something? Why would you go crawling around for some boots? Or couldn't you just brush it off like, "Oh, I thought that you would be onto your next fashion statement by now anyways."

At times, Wynn-Williams does come across as a little naive. Corporate America lies. Every HR department worth its salt is going to say something along the lines of "oh there are plenty of career opportunities for you!" Even if they plan to fire you the next day, they aren't going to say, "You suck. There is no hope for you here." At least not publicly or in an email. But if you have spent years working at a company and they have no clear, articulated career plan for you, it is obvious that they are lying to you.

Wynn-Williams also raises an excellent point about reporting sexual harassment. If you report someone who is in senior leadership, you might as well look for a job elsewhere. Here is why: someone in upper management knows the other higher ups. They don't know you. So when a complaint is made, they know Tom The Sexual Harasser. They don't know you. You they can easily live without. But they are comfortable with Tom and don't want the hassale of having to look for a replacement. Upper management will only hear from Tom, not from you, and Tom will tell them that you are crazy and do bad work. When you work hard and do incredible tasks, Tom will take all of the credit. If you make a mistake and Tom doesn't catch it, Tom will throw you under the bus so hard.

Oh and I also have been asked to go swimming in a corporate environment. While I was in public accounting, one of the male senior managers said that he wanted the entire team to go to a water park, but he wanted everyone to actually swim. He asked me if I would go swim. To which, I said, "Sure. No problem." "You will?" "Yes. But I am not going to wear a bikini. It is going to have a skirt, and it won't be low cut. It will be pretty similar to what I wear to work every day so it won't be a big deal." "Oh." We never had a swimming party. lol

Still working from my other computer so I don't have my fancy end credits, but for those of you curious.....

I bought 5 copies of this book. Take that, Mark Zuckerberg!