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Crap management, performance review process is subjective, mean girl culture
I did an on-site Meta interview for E6, and all the sessions went very well, answered all the questions. ( Double checked my answers in leet code) But still got rejected and recruiter didn't give me any feedback. and she put me into one year cycle. That's very odd. Any thoughts? what can I do bet...Read more
Headline: Zuck announces that Meta will begin ramping hiring back up after record Q4 profits . Are we going to ignore the fact that engineers got laid off within a week of joining after relocation? #engineering #meta
Hi blinders, I interviewed at Meta for an E5 position and negotiated with the recruiter up until Friday where I verbally accepted the offer and reviewed the final numbers on the portal. However when I log into my career profile I see: “We're working on your offer documents. You'll receive an email ...Read more
Looks like META is planning broader layoffs and putting downward pressure on performance reviews. Best friend’s manager told him that he will fight for meets expectations (mid) but it could be meets most (next step down). Anyone in the PSC process know if it’s true that there’s active grade deflatio...Read more
For context, I am a new grad and got an offer from Meta a while back which I had to sign because I had no other offers at the time. I just got an offer from Google for a really cool team that works with cutting edge technology and the team at Meta has a pretty standard tech stack. How do I go about...Read more
I searched for meta layoffs on Linkedin, and 80% of them are engineering leaders and UX researchers
I am hearing rumors that Meta is open to rehiring people that were laid off if there is a match to a specific role. Does anyone know how to find out more about those? If you have tips please share or DM. #tech #layoffs #meta
Full disclosure I was laid off from Meta in November. I only have gratitude for Meta. I served for many years and got a great severance. The projects I worked on helped me land another role at a smaller company in January. Smaller pay package but interesting work. Feel sorry for the folks who w...Read more
why can't corporate overlords listen to employees? "At Amazon, warehouse workers have shown support for corporate colleagues, noting they have nothing to gain if office workers lose flexibility that the pandemic proved possible." - NYT article (https://archive.ph/Y6RnI) Ironically, today -- "Meta ...Read more
Some quality nuggets from the recent all hands (if this article is to be believed) https://www.theverge.com/23277797/mark-zuckerberg-meta-facebook-employees-pressure “Realistically, there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn’t be here,” Zuckerberg said on the June 30th call, ac...Read more
This guy Ashok Chandwaney pulled no punches when it comes to denounce FB profiting from hate. What are you thoughts? Any insiders to provide some insight?#tech #hatespeech #facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/resignation-letter-from-facebook-engineer/0538edee-7487-4822-956a-e880c2024324/...Read more
Was preparing for my second round interview for a Product Analytics DS position with FB/Meta that was set for the next week (after asking for a week push due to a go-live being pushed at work), and was then informed at the end of last week that the Data Science positions are going through a hiring f...Read more
I have looked at what has happened in recent days to the stock price of Meta's competitors like Snap and Pinterest and have determined that the market hasn't yet fully priced in the effects of reduced advertising spending into Meta's stock price. After the next earnings call things will become crys...Read more
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-facebook-messenger-hit-with-layoffs-2024-3 Facebook messenger hit with layoffs. It’s only around 1000 but all tpm roles have been eliminated. TC: 450k
https://www.wsj.com/articles/metas-mark-zuckerberg-says-he-is-accountable-as-company-preps-for-mass-layoffs-11667941107 published Tuesday 4:18 PM ET "Meta Platforms Inc. will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday. Th...Read more
Low comp st Google, so looking at possibly switching to Meta. I'm just worried about the WLB there. Anyone care to share any insights on the WLB at Meta? TC 280k
New to Meta. Had high hopes for the company. What a dumpster fire. Terrible tech they use internally. Sad talent. Poor strategy. Broken processes. People here really can’t think their way through a problem. Too much academia and no experience. It’s very sad. I want out ASAP I’d gladly give up my spo...Read more
I transitioned from AWS (5 years) to FB (Infra) more than a year back. We recently had a discussion of ex-Amazonians to share experience with FB transition. Summarizing my personal experience and others experience so that you know what you are signing up for. This is mostly applicable for E5+. TLDR...Read more