India, May 24 -- A laid-off Meta engineer has alleged that he was routinely excluded and ostracised by his Chinese colleagues at the company. Meta employee Jeremy Bernier alleged race-based discrimination at the tech giant, claiming he was part of a team where "90% of his coworkers were Chinese", and where "non-Chinese were routinely excluded, disadvantaged, and targeted for layoffs."

Bernier was among the 8,000 employees affected by layoffs at Meta on May 20. He opened up about his experience with the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company on X.

In his lengthy post on X, Bernier claimed that certain Meta teams, particularly in ads and MRS, were "notorious for being Chinese dominated". He alleged that despite non-Chinese employees being "the vas...