越來越多Meta高管選擇離開舊金山,尼克·克萊格也加入了該行列。
他是馬克·扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)的全球事務總裁,此前曾擔任自由民主黨領袖和英國副首相,他將在加州和倫敦的家之間奔波,這將為他前往歐洲和亞洲提供便利。
克萊格負責Meta與全球各國政府的所有交易,這讓他陷入了多次政治風暴,包括目前正在歐盟展開的這場風暴。
由于美國情報部門收集個人數(shù)據(jù)信息,臉書(Facebook)和Instagram被禁止從歐盟導入歐洲人的個人數(shù)據(jù)。Meta現(xiàn)在警告投資者,它可能需要退出歐盟市場,該公司約15%的用戶來自歐盟市場。
但克萊格并不是第一位遷往倫敦的高管。
事實上,Instagram的負責人亞當·莫塞里(Adam Mosseri)也將前往英國首都倫敦,建設該公司在美國以外最大的工程中心,這一消息傳出后,克萊格在一周內成為了第二位遷往倫敦的高管。
Meta的首席營銷官亞歷克斯·舒爾茨(Alex Schultz)今年早些時候也搬到了英國。
那么,為什么這家美國社交媒體巨頭允許部分高管離開位于帕洛阿爾托的母公司呢?
Meta真正擁抱遠程辦公
首席執(zhí)行官扎克伯格早期就采用遠程工作模式——在新冠肺炎疫情爆發(fā)一年后,他告訴員工“任何可以遠程工作完成任務的人都可以申請遠程工作?!?/p>
臉書讓員工在全職遠程工作和混合工作之間做出選擇,鼓勵員工至少有一半的時間在辦公室工作。
不過,盡管高管經(jīng)常被排除在這些全面變革之外,但Meta高管行動自由,根據(jù)個人意愿,他們想搬離硅谷多遠就可以搬多遠。
Meta于2022年聘請了首席信息安全官蓋伊·羅森(Guy Rosen),他在以色列辦公,而產(chǎn)品主管娜奧米·格雷特(Naomi Gleit)自公司首次設立辦事處以來就一直在帕洛阿爾托總部工作,后來搬到了紐約。該公司的增長主管哈維爾·奧利萬(Javier Olivan)也在加利福尼亞州和西班牙兩地奔波。
與此同時,大老板本人則在位于硅谷的公司總部和他在夏威夷的1400英畝房產(chǎn)之間奔波。
與抖音(TikTok)的斗爭
隨著Meta加大攻勢,抵御來自字節(jié)跳動旗下TikTok的競爭,該公司正在擴建辦公室,并將Instagram基地集中在倫敦。
據(jù)英國《金融時報》報道,搬到英國不僅有助于Instagram擴大公司的產(chǎn)品團隊(該團隊致力于留住影響者群體),而且還有助于節(jié)省成本,因為倫敦的工程師成本比舊金山的低三倍。
該公司補充稱,Meta還可以利用當?shù)卣畬ρ邪l(fā)稅收抵免的改革。
Meta的轉變
在Meta的艱難時期,Meta允許其高管在任何他們想去的地方工作。
由于該公司的旗艦網(wǎng)站臉書面臨用戶增長緩慢和競爭加劇的問題,扎克伯格正投資數(shù)十億美元打造支持虛擬現(xiàn)實功能的元宇宙平臺,該平臺甚至可能找不到市場。
該公司僅在今年就損失了約一半的市值,該公司報告稱其旗艦網(wǎng)站臉書的日活躍用戶在2021年最后一個季度首次減少后,這一趨勢在2月份進一步惡化。
斯坦福大學研究遠程工作的經(jīng)濟學教授尼克·布魯姆(Nick Bloom)表示,“全職遠程工作可能會使公司更難在關鍵時刻實現(xiàn)重大變革”,因為面對面工作更能實現(xiàn)“創(chuàng)造性和創(chuàng)新性”。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
越來越多Meta高管選擇離開舊金山,尼克·克萊格也加入了該行列。
他是馬克·扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)的全球事務總裁,此前曾擔任自由民主黨領袖和英國副首相,他將在加州和倫敦的家之間奔波,這將為他前往歐洲和亞洲提供便利。
克萊格負責Meta與全球各國政府的所有交易,這讓他陷入了多次政治風暴,包括目前正在歐盟展開的這場風暴。
由于美國情報部門收集個人數(shù)據(jù)信息,臉書(Facebook)和Instagram被禁止從歐盟導入歐洲人的個人數(shù)據(jù)。Meta現(xiàn)在警告投資者,它可能需要退出歐盟市場,該公司約15%的用戶來自歐盟市場。
但克萊格并不是第一位遷往倫敦的高管。
事實上,Instagram的負責人亞當·莫塞里(Adam Mosseri)也將前往英國首都倫敦,建設該公司在美國以外最大的工程中心,這一消息傳出后,克萊格在一周內成為了第二位遷往倫敦的高管。
Meta的首席營銷官亞歷克斯·舒爾茨(Alex Schultz)今年早些時候也搬到了英國。
那么,為什么這家美國社交媒體巨頭允許部分高管離開位于帕洛阿爾托的母公司呢?
Meta真正擁抱遠程辦公
首席執(zhí)行官扎克伯格早期就采用遠程工作模式——在新冠肺炎疫情爆發(fā)一年后,他告訴員工“任何可以遠程工作完成任務的人都可以申請遠程工作?!?/p>
臉書讓員工在全職遠程工作和混合工作之間做出選擇,鼓勵員工至少有一半的時間在辦公室工作。
不過,盡管高管經(jīng)常被排除在這些全面變革之外,但Meta高管行動自由,根據(jù)個人意愿,他們想搬離硅谷多遠就可以搬多遠。
Meta于2022年聘請了首席信息安全官蓋伊·羅森(Guy Rosen),他在以色列辦公,而產(chǎn)品主管娜奧米·格雷特(Naomi Gleit)自公司首次設立辦事處以來就一直在帕洛阿爾托總部工作,后來搬到了紐約。該公司的增長主管哈維爾·奧利萬(Javier Olivan)也在加利福尼亞州和西班牙兩地奔波。
與此同時,大老板本人則在位于硅谷的公司總部和他在夏威夷的1400英畝房產(chǎn)之間奔波。
與抖音(TikTok)的斗爭
隨著Meta加大攻勢,抵御來自字節(jié)跳動旗下TikTok的競爭,該公司正在擴建辦公室,并將Instagram基地集中在倫敦。
據(jù)英國《金融時報》報道,搬到英國不僅有助于Instagram擴大公司的產(chǎn)品團隊(該團隊致力于留住影響者群體),而且還有助于節(jié)省成本,因為倫敦的工程師成本比舊金山的低三倍。
該公司補充稱,Meta還可以利用當?shù)卣畬ρ邪l(fā)稅收抵免的改革。
Meta的轉變
在Meta的艱難時期,Meta允許其高管在任何他們想去的地方工作。
由于該公司的旗艦網(wǎng)站臉書面臨用戶增長緩慢和競爭加劇的問題,扎克伯格正投資數(shù)十億美元打造支持虛擬現(xiàn)實功能的元宇宙平臺,該平臺甚至可能找不到市場。
該公司僅在今年就損失了約一半的市值,該公司報告稱其旗艦網(wǎng)站臉書的日活躍用戶在2021年最后一個季度首次減少后,這一趨勢在2月份進一步惡化。
斯坦福大學研究遠程工作的經(jīng)濟學教授尼克·布魯姆(Nick Bloom)表示,“全職遠程工作可能會使公司更難在關鍵時刻實現(xiàn)重大變革”,因為面對面工作更能實現(xiàn)“創(chuàng)造性和創(chuàng)新性”。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:中慧言-王芳
Nick Clegg is joining the growing list of Meta senior executives leaving San Francisco.
Mark Zuckerberg’s president of global affairs, who previously served as the leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the U.K., will be splitting his time between California and his London home, which will provide a better base for travel to Europe and Asia.
Clegg is in charge of all of Meta’s dealings with governments globally, which has put him in the eye of many political storms, including the one currently unfolding in the EU.
Facebook and Instagram face being banned from importing Europeans’ personal data from the bloc, due to U.S. intelligence’s collection of that information. Meta is now warning investors it may need to pull out of the EU market, which houses around 15% of its user base.
But Clegg is not the first high-ranking exec to relocate to London.
In fact, he becomes the second in the space of a week after it was revealed Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, is also heading to the English capital to build out the company’s biggest engineering hub outside of the U.S.
Alex Schultz, Meta’s chief marketing officer, also relocated to the U.K. earlier this year.
So why is the U.S. social media giant allowing some of its top executives to leave the Palo Alto mothership?
Meta truly embracing remote working
CEO Zuckerberg has been an early adopter of remote working—a year into the COVID-19 pandemic telling employees “anyone whose role can be done remotely can request remote work.”
Facebook has given its workers the choice between going fully remote or hybrid working, where they are encouraged to spend at least half their time in the office.
But while top managers are often excluded from these sweeping changes, Meta executives are given free rein to move as far away from Silicon Valley as they wish.
Meta hired Guy Rosen, its chief information security officer, who is based out of Israel, in 2022, while Naomi Gleit, head of product, relocated to New York after having worked at the Palo Alto headquarters since the company first set up its offices. Javier Olivan, head of growth, is also splitting his time between California and Spain.
Meanwhile, the big boss himself divides his time between the company’s headquarters in Silicon Valley and his 1,400-acre Hawaiian property.
Battle with TikTok
As Meta ramps up its offensive to fend off the competition from ByteDance’s TikTok, the company is growing out offices and centralizing its Instagram base in London.
Not only does the move to England help Instagram scale up its company’s product team, which is dedicated to retaining a community of influencers, it also acts as a cost-saving measure as engineers come up to three times cheaper in London than in San Francisco, according to reports from the FT.
It added that Meta could also be taking advantage of the local government’s overhaul of research and development tax credits.
Meta’s transformation
Allowing its C-suite to work from wherever they want comes at a difficult time for Meta.
As the company’s flagship site, Facebook, suffers from slow user growth and increased competition from rivals, Zuckerberg is investing billions of dollars into building out the virtual-reality-enabled metaverse platform, which might not even find a market.
The company has lost around half of its market value this year alone, a trend that worsened in February after Meta reported it had lost daily active users on its flagship Facebook site for the first time ever in the last quarter of 2021.
“Working fully remote could make it harder to pull off major changes” at a critical time for the company since “creative and innovative” work is easier in person, Nick Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University who has studied remote work, told the FT.