The bus drivers who shuttle Meta employees to and from the office are facing layoffs as the social media giant cuts costs.
According to WARN letters filed with the California Department of Labor, Hallcon Corporation and WeDriveU will be cutting jobs by the end of November.
One-third of Meta's shuttle driving workforce has been laid off, according to the union that represents the impacted drivers.
Chris Rolletta, vice president of human resources at WeDriveU, said in a WARN letter that the job cuts are a result of our client's reduction of transportation services, but did not mention Meta by name, Silicon Valley.com reported.
The company has adjusted on-site services to better reflect the needs of its hybrid workforce.
Big tech's adoption of remote work is leading to layoffs for Silicon Valley's in-person service workers. Nearly 100 janitors at Meta's California offices were terminated in September.
Full-time Meta employees will be able to apply to become fully-remote workers in June 2021. Employees are expected to spend 50% of their time in the office.
Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO, spends a lot of his time at his compound in Hawaii, and is embracing remote work. The majority of hybrid or remote positions are held by college graduates.
In August, Meta cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and janitors protested the recent wave of layoffs, arguing that the tech industry's service workers deserve improved job security, healthcare, and fair wages.
The director of Silicon ValleyRising said at the protest that tech has been thriving on the backs of all of us.
The janitors, cafeteria workers, and security guards who are being impacted by Meta's layoffs should be allowed to return to work, according to the locals.
Meta doesn't require its employees to return to work on the main campus. The union said that the company was the first to announce severe layoffs.
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