Facebook Fired High-Paid Staffers for Using Meal Vouchers to Buy Toothpaste

“I figured I ought not to waste the dinner credit.”Vouch For YouIn techno-dystopia news, using a meal voucher for non-food items can get you fired — that is if that voucher comes from Meta.As the Financial Times reports, the Facebook parent company terminated roughly two dozen staffers at its Los Angeles HQ amid larger layoffs last week after discovering that they’d “abused” their $25 meal credits by buying everyday goods.Like many big tech firms, Meta provides its employees with either canteen lunches or, for those who work in offices sans canteens,…

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