Meta fired around two dozen employees from its Los Angeles office for misusing company meal credits for things like laundry detergent, wine glasses and acne treatment pads, a source familiar with the company confirmed to CNN.

Meta has reportedly fired Los Angeles staffers for abusing a $25 meal credit perk to stock up on household supplies like wine glasses, acne pads and laundry detergent.

Meta has fired about two dozen staff in Los Angeles for using their $25 meal credits to buy household items including acne pads, wine glasses, and laundry detergent.

Meta has been contacted for comment. Meta staff are given $25 (£19) for lunch, $20 for breakfast, and $25 for dinner in vouchers which are meant to be used for ordering food from Grubhub, the US name for takeaway website Just Eat.

The Meta perk is intended for employees who work late at the office and may need to order food to eat.

Meta (META), the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, fired over 20 employees last week for abusing the company’s food credit system to buy household items.

Meta has fired more than 20 employees in Los Angeles for buying toiletries instead of Sugarfish with their company meal credits, the Financial Times reported. The $1.5 trillion social media company offers employees free food at its Silicon Valley headquarters and provides daily $25 lunch and dinner credits to Uber Eats and Grubhub to those working at smaller offices.

Meta, a company valued at 1.2 trillion, has allegedly fired employees over their reported misuse of the company's $25 meal credit system.