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- Divorce due to fb wlb My wife works at a place with a 9-5 job. Due to my Facebook job bad wlb, I cannot spend time with her she wants to divorce me (yoe:3) my TC:150k , her’s 100k What should I do?
- link facebook wfh through 2020 https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/05/07/facebook-to-allow-most-employees-to-work-from-home-through-end-of-2020.html facebook to make first move. nice job Zuck !!
- [AMA] I love working at Facebook Contrary to popular opinion on Blind, I love working at Facebook. I was at Google for 3 years before this. AMA, I won't be a b*itch
- Feeling down, I want to work at FB but can't Not sure why it is that i'm feeling this way, but i have an innate desire to leave Microsoft and go to Facebook... I don't know if it's about the money, prestige, potential, impact to my resume or what... I know this is my first problem, I need to understand why. It makes me more upset that I've in
- Canada work visa Facebook I have an offer from Facebook for a remote position in Canada. I'm working in US right now on OPT STEM. Wondering what is the process like to get the work visa (FB will be filing it for me), I've heard there have been delays, if anyone has done this process recently, what was the total time it took
- FB WFH through July 2021 yess!!!! Great for folks who have kids and need to manage their schools and stuff
- link FACEBOOK SAYS IT WILL PERMANENTLY SHIFT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS TO REMOTE WORK "In a move that illustrates how swiftly the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the global economy, Facebook said today that it would begin allowing most of its employees to request a permanent change in their jobs to let them work remotely. The company will begin today by making most of its US job openi
- link The truth about working at Facebook (Facebook Intern YouTuber) https://youtu.be/8a81FD9b00o #facebook
- FB employees—why do you work there? Why do you choose to be employed at a company that has done (and continues to do) so much harm to society? No, it’s not like you’re selling arms to child soldiers, but at this point it’s seems impossible to look past it’s overwhelmingly detrimental effects, and that it’s run by a tyrant who will ne
- How bad is the FB WLB? I heard that people worked overtime at Facebook, there was also people who suicided at Facebook because of work pressure. Can I ask 1. How bad is the WLB at Facebook? 2. How many work days each week? 5, 6 or 7 3. What’s the required rating distribution for perf? I know FB has three buckets under me
- facebook new hire onboarding when wfh what is the latest update of #facebook new hire orientation and bootcamping? anybody onboarding next Monday? i am wondering what is the change? i dont want to loss my health insurance under coronavirus if they decided to postpone the onboarding:(
- Why shouldn't I work at Facebook? I am an L5 SWE at Google. I have 12+ years industry experience. Backend, web, mobile, machine learning, you name it. I joined the industry when people were actually passionate and good at building software. Now I am surrounded by 20 somethings at Google who can't code worth shit, don't give a fuck a
- Remote work @ FB I recently started working for Facebook for their Austin, Texas location. I am currently working remotely and I am very interested in remote work since I am having second thoughts about relocating to a new city. I feel like it is too soon to bring it up my manager - does anyone have any advice or kn
- Do I need to have a Facebook account to work at Meta? Not a Facebook user. Got a verbal offer. Do I need to have a Facebook account to work at Meta? Do they use some varient of Facebook and/or Messenger for internal communication? TC: 400K
- link How, ethically, do people choose to work at Facebook? Brazen: - Tax avoidance - Real-name user requirement policies - Censorship policies - Mishandling of user data - Involvement in the PRISM surveillance program - Unsustainable electricity usage - Mood tampering experiments https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook
- How’s it like working at FB? Recently received a remote E5 offer from FB. I’ve heard many horrible pip stories and bad WLB rumours with FB. FB folks, how are things in your org? Please share. yoe: 7 TC: 350K CAD
- Facebook FRL WLB Recently I received the offer as e6 swe from Facebook FRL lab. The work seems fun but just heard from a friend the wlb is a big concern , but he is not at FRL division. Especially I have a 3 month baby, he mentioned it could be very challenging. Googled and seems e6 is a tough to survive position a
- How do you feel working at Facebook? I don’t know about you, but to me it feels like you have to know you’re practically shilling a product as offensive as cigarettes. Tc 450 yoe 10
- Is FB WLB really horrible? Is FB WLB really horrible? How's it compared to Amazon?
- How is Facebook WLB? How long do people work each day? Hey I am TLM at google Planning to join Facebook Main reason is comp increase (40% increase) and more interesting project But I heard lots of complaints about bad culture, bad wlb, can’t take vacation and so on For people who moved from G to FB, especially senior IC or EM, can you share your stor
- vote Facebook wlb I have a FB E5 SWE offer and I am wondering how bad is the wlb. I have had amazing experience at AWS so far and I am somewhat fine with long work hours (I come from MBB consulting where I have spent 12+ hrs per day). Is Fb wlb really bad? Is it worse than Amazon (compare average of Amazon with avg
- WLB at Facebook Hi All, I have recently accepted an E4 Facebook offer as a new grad research scientist (PhD). This Microsoft account if from an old internship. I am new to blind and have been overwhelmed over all the threads about WLB and PIPs in Facebook. I am not really a hard-worker by industry standards as I a
- Does FB allow work from India? Does Facebook allow folks to work remotely from India ? Previously there was a post that FB doesnt allow employees to work remotely from India for some legal reason. Has that changed post COVID? Also was anyone stuck in India in past two years during immigration offices being closed? Did you have
- Facebook work life balance Hello friends, I have an offer from facebook but yet to get the numbers. Meanwhile, I am terrified about work life balance stories at facebook. I am diagnosed with severe anxiety and taking medication for it and also expecting a kid in couple of months. I know stories in the internet can be blown o
- Stripe vs Facebook for WLB Got offers from Stripe L3 and Facebook E5. TC: ~450K It seems like there are many concerning posts about WLB on both companies. Which of these two company has better WLB? Current TC: 350K
- Ex-Amazonians, how do you like working at Facebook? I like these questions, curious to see what people who have made the jump think.
- vote Does working at Facebook necessarily make it less likely that you can think critically about the impact of FB? Thinking about disinformation here… A particularly good read if you’re interested. Asking because I have very liberal, well-educated friends who work at Facebook and have gone from criticizing it in early years to being ardent defenders of it… They are engineers and have seen their incomes more than
- Why work at FB? I'm not trolling. This is an honest question. Why do you currently/want to work at Facebook? -Pay? -It's fun to be at a company that is flush with cash so you can do whatever? -Do you have friends there you like to work with? I use Facebook, but it doesn't get me excited to work on. It's mostly abo
- Fb WLB Recruiter reached out for a MLE role E5. I value WLB and don’t mind working a few extra hours every now and then when needed, but definitely not into 996 or regular 10-12h days. How bad is WLB for MLE roles at fb for an E5? Is it 10-12h days regularly like most folks claim here?
- FB WLB? I keep on hearing that WLB in FB is bad comparatively but when I talk to current and former FB people it seems fine. Where is the disconnect and why does it happen?
- link Do you really want to work for Facebook? I really want to ask the TC loving folks here in blind on why would you want to work for a company like Facebook, whose software (although well intentioned) is mainly used for political manipulation across countries. Read this exposé by a junior data scientist at FB. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ar
- I love working at FB! I worked at Google and let me tell you why I love FB: 1) Move Fast - No red tapes, beauracracy. I worked at Google and people would argue over variable names, function and other trivial shit. At FB, code is disposable. 2) Incredible data tools - our tools and ease of access are best in the industr
- How do facebook refreshers work? Just got an official offer from FB London. The recruiter gave me a number for the stocks but then also wrote next to it that it's "4 year vest + Annual Equity refresher". However when discussing TC for the year he basically just did that number / 4. I'm confused when trying to figure out how my TC
- vote How bad is Facebook WLB actually? As title says, I have heard/read a lot of posts saying WLB at Facebook is pretty bad. I will be joining Facebook soon, cause $$$. But I want to know how bad it actually is, in my current team at Amazon I have become really comfortable with codebase that I rarely need to do 40+ hours a week. So how
- Ex-googlers, how do you like working at facebook ?! Similar to the ex amazon google thread
- Wlb at FB I am joining fb soon as e4, and going through buyers remorse. Very worried about wlb. I don't know at this point what my team is going to be. Any advice of how to deal with this ? And is it that bad ? #fb #facebook
- Joining Facebook: actual work culture? Joining FB soon as a Data Scientist. I want to be excited about this next step in my career, but I keep hearing about how awful the work culture is. Can people share what the experience is really like as DS in terms of WLB, types of colleagues, etc? TC: 302k #tech #facebook #datascience
- Facebook work from home is a scam! It’s a bait and switch. With manager approval required it’s basically a no go... Our entire org had a meeting about this and all of the leads were basically putting their foot down saying “no fully remote, no hybrid arrangements and if you don’t like it leave.” My manager literally laid out the “
- Working at Facebook Is Facebook still a great company to work for? Are teams working on something new or maintaining mature products/services?
- Anyone love working at Facebook? I see a lot of negative posts about Facebook. Is there anyone here who likes working at Facebook? I want to hear all sides of the story.
- Facebook SWE wlb? Hey FB see folks, Evaluating an E5 offer from FB. But worried about WLB or in general work stress/hours. Based on what I have read on blind most SWE work ~50 hours/week and there is always a stress to get a Meets rating to prevent a PIP. Can folks from FB please share the following data points: 1.
- vote Facebook work culture Just watched this video by the TechLead https://youtu.be/6CIXZljyQAo Does what he is saying about Facebook work culture resonate with you?
- Fb work culture Does anyone else feel that fb work culture is very mentally draining? Everyone thinks about PSC all the time, there is pretentious care & concern and everyone has a lot of opinions on everything. Haven’t seen this in other places. TC 230k 4 yoe
- FB wfh equipment I am moving from GOOG to FB. I will be joining remitely, So my question is: what sort of equipment would FB give for work from home? They said they will ship me a Macbook Pro but what about extra external monitors? I read they give new employees some $1000 credit to buy equiment, is it correct? c
- Facebook Remote Working I'm moving to Facebook next month, the position is E5 RS in Machine Learning. I want to move out of SF/Bay, possibly to NYC. What's the best strategy for that? I'm thinking of the following: 1. Spend one more year in SF, get to know the company and the people in the team, next year ask to move to N
- Working at Facebook Best 3 things about working at Facebook Worst 3 things about working at Facebook Go!
- FB VS APPLE? Team,WLB, Compensation #offer Update: Heading to FB because of career growth in the future. Thank you all for the advice. It was super helpful! ---------------- Hi blinders, I am helping a friend to make a post comparing 2 offers he got. Apple ict3 SDE: TC: 200K+bonus+Refresh Base: 150K Stock:200K Sign-on: 50K (us
- Is WLB improving at Fb? Got offer from Fb for E5. I talked to lot of managers and they mentioned that company is working towards improving wlb like bots to disable notifications after 5pm etc. Is it true that culture is improving ? Also is culture better for Machine Learning Software Engineer ? P.S.: please don't ask int
- Democrats and working for Facebook (serious) I came across an article from 2020 on employee donations by company and was surprised to find Facebook so skewed towards democratic donations. I have always shied away from applying there because I assumed that it would be primarily republican based on how little employees tend to speak up about Fac
- Is working for Facebook worth it? WLB here is pretty chill, Salesforce culture is great, I like my team and I am well paid (above 400k this year). Nevertheless, I always had an interest for Facebook because of their products, culture and pay (targeting a E6 position, in discussion with a recruiter) but I am concerned by their bad W