Meta has reportedly fired around two dozen employees for misusing their meal credits.

The dismissal, how reported The Financial Times (FT) Wednesday (October 16) comes amid a major series of layoffs at Meta.

According to the report, the Los Angeles-based employees had used $25 worth of meal credits to purchase various household items.

The FT notes that Meta – like most Big Tech companies – offers free food as a perk to its employees, with workers in offices without a cafeteria receiving credits for food delivery services such as Grubhub or UberEats. PYMNTS has reached out to Meta for comment but has not yet heard back.

The trillion-dollar company offers per diems of $20 for breakfast, $25 for lunch and $25 for dinner. A source told the FT that the sacked staff had a long history of abusing this system by pooling their money or having meals sent to their homes, even though the credit was supposed to be used for the office.

According to the report, the layoffs occurred last week, just before Meta began restructuring teams at WhatsApp, Instagram and its augmented/virtual reality unit Reality Labs.

Sources told the FT that move involved cutting some workers and relocating others, a signal that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was aiming for Efficiency campaign is in progress.

Meta has Cut thousands of jobs over the past two years, starting with 11,000 job cuts in November 2022, followed by another 10,000 layoffs last March. The company announced at the time that it was freezing hiring for an additional 5,000 open positions.

And this year the company launched a plan to reduce the number Vice President Roles from 300 last year to about 250.

In other meta news, the company recently launched its Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses, leaving PYMNTS to think about the future of AR commerce.

The PYMNTS Intelligence Study, “The online features drive consumers to purchase from brands, retailers or marketplaces.” found that people are looking for an interactive, personalized shopping experience, with 40% of consumers weighing how easy it is to navigate a retailer’s online store when deciding where to shop.

“How AR glasses become more integrated “As they become part of everyday commerce, they require the development of innovative payment solutions that meet the needs of this new medium,” the report said.

“Traditional payment methods like swiping a card or even tapping a phone can feel cumbersome in an AR-driven environment where immediacy and convenience are paramount.”