But the company also utilizes legions of contractors through outsourcing firms, who don't qualify as Facebook employees or receive the same benefits, and are often tasked with the brutal and thankless tasks that keep the social network running safely.
The second-class nature of some Facebook employees is particularly striking when it comes to the content moderators that top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have trumpeted as being critical assets in the company's efforts to keep the site a safe and popular online destination.
The response raises questions as to why the enforcement of the rules seems to have changed — and whether similar rules are already in effect in Facebook's other content moderation facilities.
Many of the grievances revolve around break periods.
Additional rules have also allegedly been placed on when exactly in the day breaks can be taken.
This comes on top of an NDA agreement that forbids workers from talking to family members about their work, and rules against bringing guests to the office, even family.
One cannot reasonably expect workers to not only sign an NDA that forbids us from venting to our loved ones about our work day, but also insulate ourselves from the outside world and its circumstances for 90 percent of the day.
Big tech companies often use contract workers to cheaply and quickly expand their workforce for specific projects, but the second-class status of these workers has become an increasingly hot-button issue in Silicon Valley in recent years.