Meta Ends AI Usage Quotas in Performance Reviews While Rolling Out Agent Tool Hatch
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-03
WIRED reports Meta formally ended its 'tokenmaxxing' era: performance reviews no longer depend on AI tool usage. A year after grading staff on 'AI-driven impact' (with labels like 'AI Native'), and amid a lawsuit by 24 employees claiming leave-takers were unfairly penalized, new guidance scores impact regardless of whether AI was used. Meanwhile employees are testing Hatch, Meta's most advanced agentic AI tool — and token consumption keeps surging.
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