Careless People (a Story Of Where I Used To Work)

By (author) Wynn-Williams, Sarah
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Shocking and darkly funny, this is the bestselling explosive inside story of a senior executive at Meta (formerly Facebook).
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The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.

‘How else to put this? Bloody hell’ – The Guardian
‘Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome’ – Financial Times
‘A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations’ – The Times

Sarah Wynn-Williams joined Facebook believing the company could change things for the better. Instead, what she encountered over seven years was so shocking that Meta obtained a legal order to silence her.

Now you can read her award-winning story. Candid and entertaining, Wynn-Williams’ account pulls back the curtain on Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and the global elite. She exposes the true cost of Silicon Valley’s ambition, from outrageous schemes cooked up on private jets to the alarming consequences of Facebook’s aggressive pursuit of global dominance.

Careless People is an ordinary woman''s gripping and darkly funny memoir that will forever change how you view the technology that runs our lives – and the unchecked power of those who control it.

With a new foreword for paperback from Naomi Alderman.

‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him’ – Marina Hyde
‘Urgently necessary reading’ – Elizabeth Day, author of The Party and Friendaholic

Shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards 2025
Shortlisted for the Hatchards First Biography Prize 2025
Shortlisted for the Unwin Award 2026
Winner of the Blueprint Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize 2025
Winner of the Speakies Award for the Best Non-Fiction Memoir Audiobook

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Darkly funny and genuinely shocking: an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world. What Wynn-Williams reveals will undoubtedly trigger her former bosses’ ire. Not only does she have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods
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Devastating . . . Wynn-Williams is a sharp and funny writer . . . a highly enjoyable read — a Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations
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Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome
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Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him
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A shocking, darkly funny and highly critical exposé
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A morality tale for our times . . . How else to put this? – bloody hell
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Staggering . . . spectacular
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Urgently necessary reading
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Well-written, funny, horrifying, and quite compelling. I was on the edge of my seat, turning pages as fast as I could and ended up reading the book in less than a day. I cackled. I gasped. I laughed. I cringed. I cackled some more. I cringed some more
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Wynn-Williams writes with the kind of precise fury that can only come from someone who''s been inside the beast
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Unbelievable and necessary . . . wonderfully written, propulsive, novelistic and laugh-out-loud at times
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Jaw-dropping . . . It''s a story that will fire you up, and make you want to fight back
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A well-written bombshell
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Compulsively readable . . . An addictive exposé, filled w