Meta's AI Push Making 78,000 Employees Miserable — Mouse Tracking, Forced AI Adoption, Performance Reviews, and May 20 Layoffs Loom

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NYT reports Meta is tracking employee keystrokes, mouse movements, and screen content to train AI models, while factoring AI tool usage into performance reviews. Employees describe the culture as 'toxic' with constant layoff anxiety — 8,000 cuts (10% of workforce) scheduled for May 20. Eleven current and former employees say the combination of surveillance, forced AI adoption, and impending cuts has fundamentally altered Meta's culture.