Meta year so away has never been a picnic. But that didn’t stop one nut-loving creature from finding happiness in one of them of the company office this week.
One group relaxed inside a building in Bangkok, Thailand, where some of the tech giant’s regional teams are based. The inspector spent at least 20 minutes going over his staff, according to an internal memo seen by WIRED. It was revealed that the squirrel had injured a security guard before being caught.
The rat’s adventures in the office—while terrifying to others—brought a sense of relief to Meta workers around the world who have been disillusioned lately. modification, mass layoffsand the launch of program to train AI using employee data without their prior consent. Meta executives have he acknowledged the current moral crisis and began trying to lift the mood internally by sponsoring social outings and promising to improve office food, according to current employees and an internal memo.
In recent years, some Meta workers have complained about losing access to healthy office snacks, such as peanuts, which they said have been replaced by less nutritious ones like chips. It could not be known whether the poacher in Bangkok got anything he liked.
Squirrel was delivered to the office in a package, but ended up escaping, according to an internal memo. The operator from the cleaning company accepted the offer. The reasons for the squirrel’s birth and where it now lives were not mentioned in the memo, but some people keep them as pets or eat their meat.
Meta declined to comment on the incident.
The injured worker, who was cut on the finger, received first aid and was later taken to the hospital for medical examination, according to the memorandum. The security guard “responsible for bringing the animal onto the premises” formally acknowledged their misconduct and committed to complying with office rules to ensure “such an incident does not recur,” the memo added.
New York Times reporter Mike Isaac first reported the incident social media post on Tuesday, without specifying the location or role of the guard. “Staff predicts to have a field day with it,” he wrote. “One person created an AI-powered video simulating an HR training course on squirrel-related office best practices.”
A group looking for a suitable home in the Meta empire may have good luck raiding it Hawaiiwhere the personal cattle of CEO Mark Zuckerberg to eat home brewed beer with macadamia nuts.
Additional reporting by Lauren Goode.
