During my interview I sensed some vibes that maybe things aren’t so great there right now but I may be misreading stuff. Would you recommend starting a job at Google NYC as an SRE for a level 5?
Yes, it’s mostly awesome
Care to share about the vibes you got?
The person I had lunch with spoke about how he is not very happy lately, I saw signs that they want you to badge for meals now (apparently for tax reasons, it just seems more bureaucratic than before), I heard a bit about CRs being unnecessarily antagonistic and heard references about clique behavior there.
What is CR?
I visited both companies for interview and do feel fb has way more interesting environment than other companies even G. People vibe tends to be more respectful and elegant as well. I think you’re spoiled with the best already 😂 Hope I can get fb offer. Instant nod
Nah, it's awful. Try Microsoft or IBM..
Google is like 50,000 people
About 80,000 I guess. Where only around 25,000 are in engineering.
Like any big company, it’s most likely team dependent now. Which is a positive as well, you can switch teams until you find one you really love. Something you won’t get at startups/med size. I’m on my 3rd team and Microsoft and finally found one I really like.
People respect one another, interesting work, good pay, learning opportunities, company doing well, internal tools work reasonably well, work feels meaningful, good work life balance.. to start with..