Meta's longest-serving employee talks about AI, jobs, and her boss

Naomi Gleit joined Meta nearly 20 years ago. She was the 29th employee. Today she is the longest-serving employee. Only Mark Zuckerberg works there longer. She worked at a start-up called Facebook. It became a tech giant called Meta. She watched the company grow and survive many storms. Gleit says working at Meta is her dream job. Her family was not sure at first. Her mom wanted her to work for Lehman Brothers. That bank collapsed in 2008. Meta had many problems too. There were privacy scandals and election rigging accusations. People talked about teen mental health crises and toxic online harms. Gleit says the company sometimes did not meet its standards. But she is proud of many things. She thinks the motto "move fast and break things" was misunderstood. She also thinks Mark Zuckerberg's bad reputation is unfair. Some people see him as cold and ruthless. But Gleit says he is a great husband and father. She says he became a great leader. She calls him an awesome boss. Meta will soon use AI agents. These are advanced chatbots. They can answer questions and do tasks. Meta will put them into WhatsApp. Many businesses use WhatsApp. The agents will run customer chats day and night. They will give business insights. Gleit says safety is very important. AI will change the workforce. Gleit is optimistic about new jobs. She said her job as product manager did not exist before the internet. Meta recently laid off 10% of its staff.