The company will continue to pay for her personal security after she stepped down from her position as COO. The board decided to pay for security services from October 1st through June 30th, 2023, with protection available to Sandberg at her residences and while she is traveling.
It's not clear if the company will pay for continued protection after she resigns. If the company decides to elaborate, we will update this story.
She left Meta on September 30th. She will be compensated as a non-employee director going forward. Her final chapter at the company was marred by a personal scandal. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sandberg used company resources to help kill negative reporting about Bobby Kotick, who she was dating at the time.
The Journal reported that Meta had launched an internal investigation into the use of company resources, and that it had been going on for years. There were allegations about protecting Kotick from negative press as well as the fact that she may have used company funds to pay for her wedding. Meta lawyers are looking into whether or not Facebook staff helped Lean In promote its latest book, option B, according to reports.
In his final years on the job, there were a number of crises, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal, allegations of enabling genocide inMyanmar, and a change in the approach to third-party app tracking.
It's not uncommon for Facebook to spend a lot of money on personal security for its executives. The company spent over twenty million dollars in 2020 to protect its leader. The board's announcement on Friday came days after Meta was reported to have suspended all hiring and warned of possible layoffs.
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