Careless People:A story of where I used to work
Sarah Wynn-Williams arrived at Facebook as a young New Zealand diplomat, convinced she'd found a place where she could do genuine good. The platform seemed full of possibility. What she discovered once inside, and as she climbed towards its upper echelons, was something far stranger and more troubling. Careless People is her account of that unravelling. It's a memoir that ranges from the genuinely bizarre (schemes hatched aboard private jets) to the seriously alarming (near-imprisonment overseas), painting a vivid picture of what happens when vast wealth and a deeply flawed internal culture go unchecked. Along the way, Wynn-Williams found herself in rooms with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and heads of state, watching decisions get made that ripple outward into all our lives. Her writing is candid and often wryly funny, which makes the darker episodes land with real force. Short, sharp observations sit alongside more expansive passages, giving the narrative a restless, propulsive quality. This isn't a dry corporate exposé. It's an intimate, sometimes jaw-dropping account of power seen from the inside, written by someone who once believed in it. For anyone curious about how the technology shaping our daily existence actually gets steered, this book offers a perspective that's difficult to set aside.
- Author: Sarah Wynn-Williams
- Publisher: Pan
- Genre: Industry-Specific Business
- ISBN: 978-1035065967
- Pages: 416 pages