Meta employees ‘protest’ removal of tampons from men’s rooms, leap into action with plan

Woke employees at Meta launched “quiet rebellions” to protest the removal of tampons from men’s bathrooms.

The employees were reacting to new guidelines announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that affected internal and external policies at the company as well as removing feminine products from men’s restrooms after furnishing them for nonbinary and transgender employees.

“To protest Mr. Zuckerberg’s actions, some Meta workers soon brought their own tampons, pads, and liners to the men’s bathrooms, five people with knowledge of the effort said. A group of employees also circulated a petition to save the tampons,” the New York Times reported Wednesday.

“The sanitary products were emblematic of the quiet rebellions that Silicon Valley workers have staged as they grapple with the rightward shift of their bosses,” the report continued, noting how the Meta chief and other tech leaders have “embraced” President Donald Trump.

The outlet noted that “rather than make loud, public protests to oppose the shift, many tech employees have instead carried out more subtle acts of defiance” and “quiet dissent.”

Zuckerberg “promoted two top Republican executives to lead Meta’s policy division,” the Times noted, adding how Trump supporter and Ultimate Fighting Championship chief Dana White was added to the company’s board of directors. Policy changes at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, also included ending diversity initiatives and promoting more free speech.

“In recent weeks, some employees who criticized the company or questioned Mr. Zuckerberg’s changes in a way that broke Meta’s ‘Community Engagement Expectations’ policy had their posts removed, two people said. The employees also received notes from the human resources department, which offered coaching on workplace issues and warned that further violations could result in termination,” according to the Times.

The company also reportedly changed how employees take part in an upcoming Q&A session and “said it would ‘skip questions that we expect might be unproductive if they leak.’”

With a pending layoff announcement in the coming weeks, Meta employees have reportedly “retreated” to private groups and chat apps to air their complaints and coordinate ways to push back, such as bringing sanitary products back to the men’s bathrooms.

Those who signed on to a petition to bring the products back reportedly got an email from the vice president of workplace services.

The communication reportedly said that while it had “not been the intention of Meta leadership to make employees feel unwelcome or excluded in our offices, at this point we do not have plans to revisit our on-site amenities offerings.”

“But I will share your feedback with leadership,” the email added.

Frieda Powers

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