Trillion-Dollar Company Meta Fires Employees Who Used $25 Meal Credit to Buy Groceries Instead: 'Surreal'

US states began investigating Meta some two years ago after a Facebook whistleblower leaked a trove of documents and accused the social media titan of putting profit over safety on its platforms (Credit: AFP)

Meta, a company valued at 1.2 trillion, has allegedly fired employees over their reported misuse of the company's $25 meal credit system, according to a report.

The company, which provides employees meal credits through Grubhub or UberEats, reportedly fired 24 employees at their Los Angeles office after the employees used these meal credits to buy non-food grocery items such as toothpaste and laundry detergent, according to the Financial Times.