Shortly after leaving Facebook
Meta to investigate wrongdoing by Sandberg
06/11/2022, 00:30 a.m
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A few days after Facebook boss Zuckerberg’s right-hand man left the company, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, she was faced with an internal investigation. It will be checked whether top manager Sandberg has used employees for private purposes.
According to a newspaper report, the Facebook parent company Meta is investigating whether the outgoing top manager Sheryl Sandberg used employees for private purposes. Lawyers were examining, among other things, work that Meta employees are said to have done for Sandberg’s “Lean In” foundation, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the processes.
It is also about tasks related to the publication of Sandberg’s second book. The investigation extends to events from several years and has been running since at least autumn 2021. Several employees were questioned. Sandberg may have violated internal guidelines. The penalties for such a violation are not known.
Sandberg and Meta could not immediately be reached for comment. Sandberg surprisingly announced in early June that he wanted to retire in the fall after 14 years in office. The manager who was previously responsible for day-to-day business explained that she now wanted to concentrate on her foundation, among other things. She wants to keep her seat on the meta board of directors.
The Wall Street Journal quotes Sandberg’s confidants that the internal investigation would have bothered the manager. However, she did not contribute to her decision to leave the company.
Along with company founder Mark Zuckerberg, Sandberg is one of the best-known faces of the world’s largest Internet network. The Harvard graduate was long considered Zuckerberg’s right-hand man. The 52-year-old also made a name for herself as an author: her books “Lean In: Women and the Will to Success” and “Option B: How we can overcome misfortune through resilience and find joy in life” are bestsellers.
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