By Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Facebook is one of the few companies that says it’s staffing up amid the coronavirus crisis, which has already led to an unprecedented 10 million U.S.
unemployment claims over a two-week span in March. The social-media giant plans to hire 10,000 additional workers for its product and engineering teams by the end of 2020, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview Thursday with CNBC.
That would represent a 22% increase over the company’s headcount of 44,942 as of the end of 2019. “Our hiring is keeping at a very, very aggressive clip,” Sandberg said.
Among the areas Facebook is focusing on, the company is dedicating more staff to monitor user posts for signs of mental-health issues including
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