I know a lot has been said of how bad work life balance at FB can be, but I am curious to know if that’s true for Data Scientists in Product Analytics. I know people at FB who are not engineers, and their wlb doesn’t seem bad at all. Anyone have any insight? Thanks!
If you are new in the field and asking about WLB, please don't join fb. If you want to work 40 hours a week, go to Cisco or Intel.
Definitely not new, and I’m someone who always works hard but wlb is certainly a factor in my decision. I think it would be for anyone.
Joma burnt out publicly. doesn't lookd too good inside
WLB is shitty for almost every engineer, wouldn’t recommend joining unless you’re willing to sacrifice personal time in favor of higher salary
If WLB is truly a factor for you, don’t go for DS at FB. You have to be really disciplined to make it work and it’s not worth it.
I have a few friends working as ds in fb and they are already looking out before the 1 year mark. It’s a lot of pressure and the slight increase in salary does not justify it. Ds don’t earn as much as eng.
Oh wow. That’s a little concerning. Thanks for sharing.
At Facebook, DS get same the base but equity is a substantially lower.