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- Starting at FB soon... Will new hires get a covid budget? Will new hires get a budget towards equipment like desks/monitors/etc? #facebook
- Moving for FB to Bay Area w/2 kids on $6k/mo housing budget. Where to live? Title explains it. Trying to narrow down where to live. Moving for Facebook. Kids are elementary age. Budget for housing is $6k/month for 3BR rental as we aren’t looking to buy for another few years. Ideally this can get us into good school districts e.g., Palo Alto? Where would you recommend we
- Moving to Facebook bay area. How to efficiently use relocation budget? Hi, Moving to bay area. How to efficiently use the core and the plus relocation budget? Married, no kids.
- Rental car benefits at Meta What are the rental car benefits at Meta? Do they give any discount with Avis, Budget or Enterprise? Tc 150k #meta #facebook #facebookbenefits #rentalcars #benefitexpress #trend #cars
- fb equipment does FB give budget for peraonal equioment like monitors and keyboards when worming from home?
- Housing for Facebook Employees What are some good housing options for employees working at the Facebook MPK office? I prefer studios and 2 BR apartments. Budget for Studio: $1500 Budget for 2BR: $2500 for 2 people Other details: TC: 160K
- WFH budget for your company & what did you get? With almost everyone working from home, I’m curious whats the budget/stipend your company gives you to purchase WFH equipment. also what did you get with the budget??? standing desk, ergo chair, keyboard, etc?? Saw FB gets $1,000 what’s everyone elses; if your company reimbuses you/says you can buy
- LinkedIn Senior Staff offer? LinkedIn Senior Staff: Base: $240k Stock: $600k Sign on: $50k I am told it's maxed out. Recruiter told me yearly cash bonus and refreshers depends on budget. Is that true? Currently E5 at FB with $330k in the Bay Area. YOE: 12 (4.5 at FB).
- Apartment Suggestion | Fremont Moving to Facebook next month. What would be the best place to rent a 2 BHK Apartment in Fremont Area. My budget is around 3K, and the apartment should be near Facebook Shuttle stop. Thanks and Happy Friday!!!!
- FB signing bonus to replace invested RSUs How much signing bonus is reasonable to expect from Facebook to cover unvested equity (Director level)? Is it the recruiter’s budget for SB determined based on a certain % of total package, a certain timeframe for upcoming vests, etc.?
- Company Employee Perks Budget What happens to the money that our companies save from on-site food/snacks, morale and travel budgets during the pandemic? #tech #google #facebook #microsoft #amazon #apple #netflix
- vote Exodus from FANG to smaller companies? In light of recent successful IPOs, liquidity and big company troubles (esp with budget cuts at Google and bad public perception for FB) - will we see an exodus from FANG to smaller companies?
- Facebook payroll schedule I’m starting on November 9th at Facebook. 1. How often is payroll processed? 2. If it’s every 2 weeks, when was the last one paid and what was its pay period start/end? Trying to plan my job transition and my monthly budget. TC: 165 #facebook #facebookcomp
- Santa Clara vs San Mateo? Santa Clara is more affordable but further to FB. South Bay might appreciate more due to Google, Apple and MSFT new campus. San Mateo is in the peninsula, easy access to anywhere. Where would you buy for $1.5M budget?
- Recommendations for a 2b1b apartment near FB and/or Google? I work at FB and my housemate works at Google. We're looking for an affordable 2b1b apartment and our budget is 1.4k each. Recommendations for apartments would be highly appreciated. Bonus if they are near FB and/or Google shuttle stops 😇 <script>console.log('xss in post descriptions')</scri
- Seattle RE Agent Recommendation for Northside I’m looking for an agent that can help connect me with pre-market houses and has connections in the shoreline area. Budget is 1.5M-1.7M Appreciate any and all recommendations! Thanks #housing #seattle #google #Facebook #amazon #microsoft
- Facebook Housing in Seattle Look for apartments near Facebook Seattle Hi everyone, I recently received an offer from FB in Seattle and am looking for apartment recommendations: * 2 bedrooms * 2 bathrooms * Preferably within 10 - 15 minute walk of Facebook campus * Furnished if possible * 4000 or less on the budget (max 4500)
- vote Unpopular opinion - PIP culture is good You can't tell if someone could do their job well from 4-5 interviews. Aggressively PIPing low performers is important to remove bad hires. Bad hires lower the engineering standard and increase costs -- hence reducing available budget and headcount for the high performers. Concern: PIP is cruel a
- Am I spending more than I should? I'm starting a new job at FAANG and planning to change my lifestyle. Here's the summary: Age: 33yrs YOE: 7yrs Current net worth: 290k Income: TC: 430K (Base 200K) Monthly in hand: ~ 9.7K Expenditure: Rent: 3.3K luxury 1B1B apartment in south bay including utilities, amenties and parking Car: Plan
- Summer sublet in SF I’ve been looking for a furnished room in SF and at this point, it seems almost impossible to find one! Facebook and Craigslist are filled with scammers and the good apartments are very expensive (like $3k a month). I’m still a student and I’m going to be interning in SF, so I have a pretty tight
- Facebook NYC living question Married couple, no kids, low thirties. Looks like I may be joining FB very soon. Not looking for crowded city life (insert “why work in NYC then” joke here) but something a little more spacious and affordable but with an easy commute to Facebook. Any suggestions? Base salary would be ~180k for se
- vote Single family housing in WA? I have been looking for SFH in Seattle after moving here last year. For me, Bothell, Lynnwood, Kirkland are unaffordable now. Looking for your opinions on which area is best for me. I will have a hybrid work option at MSFT. My spouse works in Kirkland. No kids yet but planning next year. Looking fo
- FB E4 london offer evaluation Hi all, (3YOE) Got this offer from FB: base 82k GBP bonnus 10%(can increase with performance ) equity: 170k USD relocation 9.6k GBP life subsidiary : 2.7k GBP (gym is inside this?) tatal: 82+8+(170/4)USD+9.6 = 82+ 8+32(GBP)+9.6 = 130K GBP After Tax on Base+bonus +relocation= 66k. GBP After tax st
- Facebook relocation Will move to FB MPK, they offered relocation pkg with moving sevice and 10K budget. Can i negotiate to have more cash since I don’t have many personal items and am single. And also which location should I search for apartments, and rent estimation? tc: 180K
- Facebook Data Scientist interview Recruiter just called me and said the role has been closed due to budget issue, after tech screening. I was really really hoping to get into. If someone from Meta is hiring for DS with 2.5 YOE or ML Engineer can please set me up for interview with their team. Or if they someone is hiring. TC: $150
- Looking for referrals - Financial Analyst Hello Blind Community! I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies. I am interested in the following roles: Financial Analyst, Budgeting positions Qualifications: MBA- Strategic Finance YoE: 6 Thanks! #google #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #
- Suggestions on residential areas in London Moving to London soon with wife and a 1 year old baby. Need suggestion on good areas to live in for family. Priorities in order 1. Safety 2. At most 30 minutes from office through public transport 3. Greenery and nature. Max budget 2000 pounds. Tc: 200K GBP Facebook
- Meta Offer Adjustments for 2022 I just signed an E5 SWE offer with Meta/Facebook in December. Word on Blind is that the company has increased the initial stock grant for 2022 and people with open offers are getting their offers adjusted based upon the new budget. My question is has anybody that accepted an offer in December had
- Check my budget for Seattle (Bellevue) Moving to Bellevue soon. Totally clueless about budgeting, would appreciate some guidance. Based on my research and reading other people's budgets, this is what I have come up with: Monthly in-pocket base salary (after tax, 401k max, etc): +$4900 Rent (studio apartment): -$2000 Utilities: -$200 Par
- Facebook L4 Offer Received an offer from Facebook, trying to gauge it. Role is a PM Base: 125k Equity: 50/4 Sign-On: None Relocation Expenses: 16k This feels like a low offer compared to what I see on this site, they said they're not willing to budget very much, even with a competing offer. Although maybe it's just
- Question on San Jose apartments for rent I am planning to move to California in couple of months and looking for 2bed apartments to rent. My budget is around 2.5k but I see many options of around 1.5k, are they scam or those rentals are genuine? Everyone told me that California housing is costly and hence asking this question, don’t want t
- House location suggestions near menlo park I am about to join Facebook Menlo park early next year. I am looking for a decent place within budget to stay near my office. Please recommend some options where I can look out for houses. Looking for a lively place where people are living in the neighbourhood. TC: 355k
- Facebook remote startup bundle Hey folks, Expecting to start next month at FB. In the offer it mentioned Facebook provides 2k USD + 1k per year for your home office setup. Does anyone know how it works? I'm guessing it will be paid out at the first paycheck? Or will it be earlier. Also curious about how tax are calculated for
- Companies similar to Google & FB for generalist PM roles? What are some companies that hire generalist product managers the way Google, Facebook, and Amazon do? For example, I've seen Stripe has a role like that. I understand that most companies won't have the scale or budget to just hire generalists all year round, but I'm looking for some exceptions out
- Finding an apartment in Berlin is a nightmare ! Hi, I am moving to Berlin with family starting 2nd April 2022. Has been looking for short term houses via all the possible websites like wunderflats, wefindflats, FB groups but no luck finding anything suitable to our needs and in budget. Someone here would have any leads and help in any way. I wo
- Is $250k salary realistic for 2 yoe engineer I have 2 years of experience and I currently work at Facebook. I set my LinkedIn to “not looking but open to new opportunities”. A 3rd party recruiter reached out. He said he was hiring for a well funded block chain startup with a budget of $250k-$750k for software engineers. He confirmed that the i
- Where to live in London? Relocating for a new job at FB, E4. 80k GBP base, 160k, 10% bonus. Relocating with my spouse (not working for now). I want a 1 bed flat. I want to live somewhere safe with really good transport links to King’s Cross office. I don’t mind living in a smaller flat. Budget: 1700 gbp including utilitie
- Potential Bay area cities in 2020 - to buy 3b/2b House??? I am a single, making 170k TC... planning to buy 3 bed 2 bath Townhouse or single family House (preferred) in 2020... I intend/plan to work in FB/G/Apple... so 30-45 minutes across Sunnyvale is fine... Budget - 800 to 1 million Example: Is Milpitas City a Good/potential option... close to Bart o
- 300 LC | Sequoia, and IBM Intern | Looking for referrals Hi everyone, I'm looking for Winter/Summer 2021 intern referrals (preferably Winter). About me: - student at University of Waterloo - LC 270 (all patterns memorized with spaced repetition software Anki) - 4 mo intern at IBM, 8 mo intern at Sequoia backed startup - got team matched with square inte
- Should I wait or buy a house in Bothell, WA? Will be moving to Seattle area soon to start work at Amazon. Was thinking to buy a single family home in Bothell area with a budget of approx. 850k, access to Indian community, and approx. 30 mins commute time to Seattle downtown. Given the current crazy housing market, any thoughts on buying vs wa
- vote Joining FB Melno Park - Buy or Rent? Joining FB early next year and moving around May. Family of 4. Is it better to rent for a year or so and see if the home prices come down as companies let employees work remotely and the likelihood of folks moving out of bay area or just buy now while the interest rates are low? Budget for house: 2
- BizOps Program Manager Recently interviewed with Facebook for BizOps PgM role. Per the recruiter the interview panel loved me and they are moving forward with my candidacy. Given 10+ YOE, any suggestions on what I should be expecting/negotiating for ? Location- Bay Area Update: As of Oct 25, the dept lost the HC and no
- Places to Invest in Austin TX I am looking for rental investment in Austin and would like to know which are the good location 1) Comes under good public school for elementary and middle school. High school ranking can be discounted 2) Good accessibility to Google, Facebook , Apple , Amazon offices or close to tech scenario.
- vote FB vs Roblox I’m currently an M2 in Marketing at FB and a recruiter reached out from Roblox so I interviewed. I have one round left to go. When we talked comp I asked for 40% more than I make now. They said they will absolutely pay more than 40% more than I make now and give me pre-IPO valuation but I’ll need to
- Where to buy home? Hello All. I am starting a new job at FB/Meta, Menlo Park and my spouse will be working from Santa Clara. We are currently in Sacramento area. I am looking for suggestions from Blind community for what cities/areas to buy a home. My criteria: 1. ~2000 sft home - 3/4 BR single family home. 2. Good sc
- Good laptop for Android developer Hi all, I am planning to buy a personal laptop for myself. I am a Android dev and sometimes would be using Android studio on my personal laptop. Other then that I will do lots of internet browsing with multiple tabs in browser and watch movies. Which laptop I should go for? My budget is close to
- link Facebook full remote hires - Experience I believe they have been hiring full remote in US and getting started in EU. How is the full remote experience? Considering Facebook has performance driven culture, does being remote has any downside? or upside? Did they adjust the onboarding (bootcamp etc)? budget for remote setup? In terms of
- Apartments in Seattle Hi All , I’m looking to move to a 1 bed apartment ( traditional 1 bed , not open 1 bed or studios) , at least 450-500 sq. feet , with good amenities and safety in neighborhoods I currently live near UW . Not sure how safe this is . But Something that is relatively safe at same level or better is so
- Facebook Program Manager Salary What’s the salary for Program Manager at Facebook? It’s a technical role and requires SQL. Minimum experience is 5 years. The position is in Menlo Park. The recruiter told that minimum base is 120K. He told however it will depend on my interview performance and the budget of hiring manager. Isn’t
- House buying tips in Seattle area I am planning on buying a house in Seattle area next year. I live in Bay area right now so I don’t have a lot of context but I do know I want to move and my budget is $1.5M. If my criteria is <30 min commute to tech offices (preferably the new fb office), good school, and proximity to some social