Secondly , Facebook is known to have a rigid employment system that seeks to ensure that the company takes on only those individuals who can contribute to its mission . Since 2008 , the company has had a tradition of Employee Bootcamp which , as posited by The Star . com , “ may lack the physical tests of military basic training but does provide the same kind of shared experience and cultural indoctrination into the world ’ s largest social network .” This ritualistic means of orientation for new employees indicates that the company ’ s attitude towards preserving tradition is unwavering as each year hundreds of potential engineers develop and unleash live software updates that might be put out to nearly a billion users . About this method , Joel Sligsteign , head of the program said “ I would describe it as a way for us to educate our engineers not only on how we code and how we do our systems , but also how to culturally think about how to attack challenges and how to meet people . We like to teach what ’ s important very early on , on Day 1 . I would say it ’ s even more of a cultural program than it is a teaching program .” Among the organisation ’ s traditions and rituals , every few months , Facebook engineers pull an all-nighter called ‘ Hackathon ’, trying out software ideas that sometimes turn into real products . Employees have the option of flexibility in work hours and the ability to work from home although the company generally has a high turnover rate . There are meetings with employees every month and new recruits are exposed to an array of expressions that mimic the organisation ’ s core values . These sayings are posted on redletter posters around any Facebook office and include : ‘ What would you do if you weren ’ t afraid ?”, “ The foolish wait ”, “ Are you fearless ” and etc . In Facebook ’ s work environment , employees are encouraged to be sharp , fast and intuitive . This type of behaviour is rewarded with attractive allowances meanwhile all employees have at their disposal food facilities , child care reimbursement , laundry services and protection against adversaries in risk-tasking ventures ( Majumdeer et al , 2015 ).
On the contrary , in a code of conduct on the organisation ’ s official website , Facebook indicates that , inter alia , conflicts of interests between employees and suppliers or etc , harassment , issues of financial integrity , protection of user data , protection of company assets and reporting violations are not tolerated and could result in termination of employment . These codes serve to guide the employee on alternative behaviour to avoid situations and how to operate within Facebook ’ s fast-paced environment . But , businessinsider . com in 2016 compiled a list of complaints from some current and former employee and some of them indicate that the organisation ’ s policies and expectations set for its employees are not always best practices . According to the site , “ Facebook ' s " make an impact " mantra makes the entire company ' s workforce focus only on personal wins , not on the success of the team as a whole .” This sometimes result in the overworking of employees who are , for six weeks out of the year , on 24 / 7 on-call duty . The site further quoted one Facebook engineer as saying , “ I have to carry and immediately respond to a charged phone where I can be reached 24 / 7 , including leaving the ringer on the nightstand as I sleep ."
Finally , Facebook ’ s organisational culture is one of open communication among its staff . Lombardo ( 2017 ) writes , “ Workplace communication is very important to companies because it allows companies to be productive and operate effectively . Employees can experience an increase in morale , productivity and commitment if they are able to communicate up and down the communication chain in an organization .” In October , 2016 Facebook launched and marketed to companies worldwide , Workplace by Facebook , to mimic their own strategies of internal communication and enabling users to work together and get more done . The app connects employees in the workplace and features options like group discussion , a personalised News Feed and voice and video calling like the company ’ s flagship social network . Currently , all of the company ’ s employees communicate using Workplace which , according to Lori Goler , Facebook ' s vice president of global human resources , is “ a great way ” to deliver on the expectation that there will be open communication across an organisation . At Facebook , this culture of open communication allows for an arena of free thinkers who are engaged , competitive and fast , thus enabling the business to expand and diversify and to remain resilient against competition . The company is characterized by a flat hierarchy with few levels of middle management between staff and employees . According to thestar . com , Facebook is an egalitarian workplace with little job specialisation and “ lacks hierarchical titles like “ principal engineer ” or “ senior engineer .”” The chain of command is such that “ at no time