r/technology • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • Jan 08 '25

Social Media Zuckerberg says he’s moving Meta moderators to Texas because California seems too ‘biased’

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338305/meta-mark-zuckerberg-moving-meta-moderators-texas-california-bias
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u/RedditAddict6942O Jan 08 '25

It's to save money. 

Texas minimum wage is $7.25, Cali is $16.50

As usual, the oligarchs are using culture war bullshit to distract from how they're fucking over the peasants

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u/gg12345 Jan 08 '25

Do you think content moderators will get paid minimum wage?

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u/jabronified Jan 09 '25 edited Jan 09 '25

No, but the lower cost of living means they can pay less for the same job and have people in cheaper office space

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u/gg12345 Jan 09 '25

Sure, but that is a typical business practice. Why would you hire people in a high cost of living place if you can find people in other places to do the same job.

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u/jabronified Jan 09 '25

that is OPs whole point, Zuck is virtue signaling something that comes down to making more money, but he does it this way and can score brownie points with a certain constituency

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u/gg12345 Jan 09 '25

He knew the cost of hiring moderators in California from day 1, yet he did it. If he wanted to cut down on costs why didn't he do it earlier.

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u/jabronified Jan 09 '25

because they are based in California

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u/gg12345 Jan 09 '25

They have around 10 offices in US, they don't all huddle together in California lol.

https://www.metacareers.com/locations/?job_region=North%20America

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u/RedditAddict6942O Jan 08 '25

No, it will be even less. They'll be "gig workers" with no benefits and no rights. Such abuses are banned in Cali

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u/gg12345 Jan 08 '25

Quick search for "content moderator jobs" in Texas on indeed.com shows starting salaries at 20 an hour.

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u/RedditAddict6942O Jan 08 '25

Yeah I'm sure an oligarch isn't moving jobs to save money, It's definitely for "wokeness" or some other culture war bullshit 😉. That's why they've been moving jobs to Mexico for decades too!

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u/SlickJamesBitch Jan 08 '25

Why would meta headquarters be in California then? 

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u/RedditAddict6942O Jan 08 '25

Because they want the highly educated workforce of California without the worker protections. 

Outsource all the "uneducated" jobs to a shithole state with cheap labor and no worker protections.