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Meta drops AI usage from engineer performance reviews after "tokenmaxxing" backfires

Meta has removed AI utilization metrics from engineer performance reviews following concerns that employees were artificially inflating usage numbers to meet quotas. This practice, known as tokenmaxxing, encouraged engineers to integrate AI tools into their workflows regardless of whether the technology actually improved productivity or software quality.

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