Facebook's morale, already hurt by share drop, suffers another setback

COO Sheryl Sandberg has been accused of working behind the scenes to prevent the company's board and the public from understanding the full extent of Russia's misinformation campaign

On Thursday, Facebook employees returned to work in the aftermath of yet another corporate scandal.

The night before, the New York Times had reported that Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer (COO), worked behind the scenes to prevent the company’s board and the public from understanding the full extent of Russia’s misinformation campaign on the social network.

The employees were used to the public microscope. But this time was different, employees said: The story brought readers into boardrooms and the halls of Congress where their top executives were making questionable decisions. 

At lunch, workers shuffled through the staff cafeterias at the company’s Menlo