Compensation is the biggest pro. Also, unlike other hire to fire companies (most tech companies at this point in 2024), you at least have a chance to prove yourself and are given a couple months to onboard. There are worse tech companies out there such as Amazon and Intuit, but Meta’s culture is still quite terrible. They try and justify the long hours and stress with how much you can make - Meta still pays more than any other major tech company, even in 2024, which is definitely a pro, but the culture is cutthroat and you can’t trust anyone. It would probably be easier to work two remote jobs at “less prestigious” tech or tech adjacent companies to make the same amount at Meta with more stability, better WLB, and less drama.
Pretty much the same as what one would experience at most tech companies in 2024. But some aspects are better or worse than others. Long hours. WLB is highly team dependent. Apparently Meta used to be a lot better in this regard, but now not so much. It is intense, but if you have startup experience, it is at least less intense than that. And again, it is more fair than a place like Amazon. Office politics are a thing at all tech companies, but a little more extreme at Meta. Blame and shame culture is big. People are snakes and are prepared to throw even the newest and most vulnerable employees under the bus to save their own skins. This makes things quite unfair, but as long as you’re proactive and document everything thoroughly, you’re at least given a chance to refute these attacks. A lot of gossip and backstabbing. This is separate from and still related to PSC culture, which everyone complains about. Management is terrible overall. Sometimes there is micromanagement. One of the few companies where it’s possible you’ll have a manager younger than you, even if you’re only 27-31ish. Often ICs seem to be held accountable for things that are way beyond their day-to-day scope - basically things that are ultimately the fault of leadership and management. Management frequently tries to pin things on their employees. Your manager is often trying to screw you, and if they can’t find a way, they are often trying to invent things you did wrong. This isn’t a dealbreaker because as long as you’re doing your job, it is easy to refute, but it creates a ton of work because you have to be extremely well-organized and have documented every interaction with your manager colleagues. I recommend studying employment law / consulting with an employment lawyer early on in your tenure at Meta, so you know what to look for. Because it is a massive tech company, you are there to please your manager and make them look good, so you need to do pretty much whatever they say. there’s a lot of internal conflict because it’s very authoritarian, also fairly draconian, and it’s bottoms up at the same time, every man for themselves. Do everything your manager says and it is somehow still all up to you as an individual employee to make the company successful. To top it all off, your colleagues suck too. People brag about work that YOU did as being THEIR work that THEY did if it is successful. If a project involving multiple people is so much as an hour late, then YOU are blamed, even if you had nothing to do with the lateness. The lateness itself isn’t really the problem because guess what? It’s not anything is broken. Except for when things do break and the whole app crashes for a day because everyone is forced to focus on office politics instead of their actual work. it’s not really about the value you create, so much as it is the PERCEIVED value you create and whether or not your manager likes you. Ergo, a lot of bootlicking charlatans make it to the top.
I am drinking the kool aid at the moment. I want to chug that kool aid until I drown. Pay is good, stocks went up 100% since I joined, work is fantastic, teammates are smart, and manager is caring and the whole team cares for wlb. Food is free and great, free gym, 401k free money of 11k, good health...Read more
#software #engineering #manager Hi Everyone, I am a software engineering manager at Google. I love the team, the work and the work life balance here at Google. I worked at Amazon as a manager for several years and their horrible work life balance still haunts me. I was reached out because a recru...Read more
I’ve heard from someone I know who used to work there that there aren’t any remote openings right now and that you need a manager to approve the exception for you specifically. If that’s true, why is “Remote, US” included as a location in many of Meta’s job posts in addition to “May telecommute fro...Read more
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...Read more
Let’s say that the difficulty of the interview is the same, why work for Google? Meta TC is way better, the stock movement is better, promo is faster, AI strategy is better… So why go to Google? #tech
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...Read more
I worked at Google for several years and moved to FB for a year now. Though they are two of the best companies to work for, the differences are like night and day! I didn’t expect it to be so different. I thought Google would be my end all be all but after years of being recruited by FB, I decided t...Read more
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...Read more
Hello everyone!. Recently had my second interview at Meta for an Operation Specialist II in the reality labs dept (prolly working for Horizon). This is a 1 year contract & hourly position (Through Randstad as staffing) paying $38.69. Obv no benefits just 20 days PTO. Meta sounds like it would be g...Read more
Many people from fb lounge is complaining about no promo on first half like it's the end of the world.For godsakes Mark gave 1000 dollars to everyone and a free Portal to anyone who needs it. I would ask you all to be grateful that a company as kind and generous as Facebook is willing to keep you un...Read more
I’m deciding about whether or not to accept an offer from FB for an E4 mobile eng role. I’m worried about the work life balance situation at FB. How is the WLB for most engineers at FB? Does it really depend on the team? If so, what teams should I avoid? TC: 230K
1. are people allowed to port their numbers in? Do people actually do it or they carry two phones? Is work mail/messenger accessible from personal phone at all? If yes, what then can work phone do that personal one can't? Can personal phone be on Wi-Fi within the office? 2. how does international r...Read more
I'm considering joining Facebook but heard bad stories about Facebook work-life balance. Is working from 10-6pm and no email/work in after hours/weekends not possible at Facebook? I heard most teams work from 9-8pm and even after hours, is that true for most of the teams?
Apparently they have had a very high number of ex-meta (or ex-faang maybe idk) engineers leave shortly after joining for better opportunities and as such they are no longer hiring people with faang(meta) work history. I got the verbal offer on Tuesday and a call today about this. This is incredibly ...Read more
Rumors say that an engineer at Facebook Seattle died in his seat today. Can anyone confirm this?
For the 5th time this year a Facebook parent from my kids class, left a party/class event midway to attend to a work. Today, the kid was inconsolable when he realized dad had stepped out. It upset the whole event. Is this usual at FB or am I dealing with a biased sample set? Is it worth putting you...Read more
I am interested in learning about work/life balance at Facebook, particularly within the Legal team. How often do employees work during nights, weekends and holidays? Do people take all of the allocated PTO and maternity/paternity leave time? How flexible are the hours- do you have to be available 9...Read more