Female workers at Facebook were routinely told not to wear clothing that "distracted" co-workers, a former employee has claimed.

 

一名前Facebook员工称，该公司的女员工经常被告诫不要穿那些让同事“分心”的衣服。

 

Antonio Garcia Martinez, who was fired after two years at Mark Zuckerberg's social network, has made a series of sensational¹ claims about the company in a tell-all book about life in Silicon² Valley.

 

Martinez's book paints a picture of Zuckerberg as prone³ to bouts⁴ of anger, and claims that female workers were repeatedly criticised for inappropriate clothing.

 

Martinez's book also claims that Sheryl Sandberg - Facebook's chief operating officer and a high-profile feminist⁵ - once lambasted Dan Rubinstein, a senior engineer, for a crude joke.

 

Martinez also claims that Zuckerberg was prone to angry outbursts. After an unknown employee leaked details of a new feature to the press, Zuckerberg reportedly emailed the entire office with the subject line "Please resign", claiming that the person in question had betrayed the team.

 

Zuckerberg was also reportedly furious at the state of the walls at Facebook's headquarters, which employees are encouraged to draw on, after employees had scribbled⁶ over them, rather than creating art.

 

A Facebook spokesman did not comment on the allegations.

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