Meta Changes How It Manages Workers
Meta 改變管理員工的方式
Introduction
Meta is changing its plans. Many workers left the company. The workers are not happy.
Meta 正在改變其計劃。許多員工離開了公司，這些員工感到不快。
Main Body
In 2022, Meta fired many people. About 25,600 workers lost their jobs. The work became very hard and stressful. Some workers had to do boring jobs for AI.
2022 年，Meta 解雇了許多人。約有 25,600 名員工失去了工作。工作變得非常艱辛且壓力沉重。部分員工必須執行乏味的 AI 相關工作。
Meta also started a secret program. The company watched what workers typed on their computers. This was to help the AI. But a mistake happened. Other workers saw private information. Many workers were angry about this.
Meta 還啟動了一項秘密計劃。公司監視員工在電腦上輸入的內容，目的是為了協助 AI。但發生了錯誤，導致其他員工看到了私人資訊。許多員工對此感到憤怒。
Now, the leaders of Meta say they were wrong. Mark Zuckerberg and other bosses say the office was too mean. They think the unhappy workers cannot make good AI. Google and OpenAI are now faster than Meta.
現在，Meta 的領導層表示他們錯了。Mark Zuckerberg 及其他主管承認辦公室環境過於苛刻。他們認為不快樂的員工無法開發出優秀的 AI。Google 和 OpenAI 目前的進展已快於 Meta。
Conclusion
Meta wants the workers to feel safe again. They promise no more big changes this year. But people do not know if this will work.
Meta 希望員工能重新感到安全。他們承諾今年不會再有重大變動。但人們不知道這是否會奏效。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ THE 'STATE OF BEING' PATTERN
In this story, we see a lot of words that describe how people feel or what a situation is. To reach A2, you need to master the word "BE" (am/is/are/was/were).
Look at these shifts:
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Now (Present):
- The workers are not happy.
- The office is too mean.
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Then (Past):
- The work became hard. (Change of state)
- The workers were angry.
💡 Quick Tip for A2:
If you want to describe a person or a thing, use this simple formula:
[Person/Thing] + [BE] + [Feeling/Description]
- Example: Meta is fast.
- Example: Jobs were boring.