{"id":22711,"date":"2025-12-24T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22711"},"modified":"2025-12-24T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:19:41","slug":"facebook-parent-company-rents-out-universal-studios-singapore-for-year-end-staff-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22711","title":{"rendered":"Facebook parent company rents out Universal Studios Singapore for year-end staff event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Facebook&#8217;s parent company Meta rented out Universal Studios Singapore (USS) for its year-end social event, according to an employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">TikToker @_jinwonshin posted a video of the experience on Dec 23, garnering over 67,200 views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The 19-second clip shows a group of Meta employees, dressed in identical white T-shirts, gathering in the amusement park. After going for multiple rides, the group also poses with life-sized versions of Sesame Street characters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;When do we ever get to stroll around like this?&#8221; the on-screen caption reads, as the camera pans to the empty streets and queuing lanes. &#8220;What a way to end the year! Thank you Meta.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">As of 2018, Meta <span><a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/multimedia\/the-big-story-meta-layoffs-hit-singapore-as-tech-giant-cuts-11000-jobs-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\">employed more than 1,000 people in Singapore<\/a><\/span>. Earlier this year, it <span><a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/united-states\/meta-to-lay-off-5-of-lowest-performers-plans-to-hire-for-impacted-roles?ref=inline-article\" target=\"_blank\">retrenched 5 per cent of its global workforce<\/a><\/span>. It is unclear if the whole of USS was booked out for the employee event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">In September, SPH Media rented USS for a Family Day for more than 1,000 employees, including free rides and meal vouchers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Supermarket chain <span><a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/trending-now\/sheng-siong-staff-lunch-draws-attention-how-staff-are-treated-they-really-do-take-care?ref=home-top-reads\" target=\"_blank\" data-discover=\"true\">Sheng Siong also recently made headlines<\/a><\/span> for its year-end celebrations, as netizens applauded it for catering a lunch for its employees.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"border-t border-primary-200 mt-xl mb-md\"\/>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-md py-md xl:flex-row xl:items-center\"><span class=\"font-primary text-18 font-semibold leading-1.2 text-black\">Get more of Stomp&#8217;s latest updates by following us on:<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"border-t border-primary-200 mt-xl mb-md\"\/>\n<p>Join the conversation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/trending-now\/facebook-parent-company-rents-out-universal-studios-singapore-year-end-staff-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook&#8217;s parent company Meta rented out Universal Studios Singapore (USS) for its year-end social event, according to an employee. 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