💼 Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth admitted that the reorganization of the Applied AI unit went extremely poorly.
The transition to new structures caused dissatisfaction among ~6,500 engineers due to forced role redistribution. The company plans to limit the number of direct reports for managers and return the right to choose roles to employees.
🌍 The risk of "aggressive" reorganization in the AI race: forced scaling can lead to the loss of key competencies.
👤 Lesson for the industry: a chaotic transition to AI-centricity can trigger intellectual property (IP) leakage due to employee turnover.
Source 1: https://www.wired.com/story/andrew-bosworth-meta-employees-unrest/