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.
What is the total compensation I should expect from Facebook as a UX Researcher? #interviews Current offer- Current base: 120k RSU: 100k/4yrs Bonus: 20k Yoe: 2 IC4
Recently got 550k meta e5 offer that include sign on. What should I expect for my compensation from year 2 and above? The sign on is like 100k so my actual comp without it is like 460 ish I got top of the band E5 offer
Get an offer from Facebook for E5 eng. 200k base, 550k RSU, 50k sign on. Is this upper band or average? Currently with Google and 5 years experience.
What is a realistic good total compensation to ask for in Facebook for an M2 position?
Thanks everyone for all the useful posts and data - hugely valuable ! I just got the good news today that I've gotten approved for M2 engineering manager offer @ FB and they asked me my expectations. I searched through M2 FB comps on blind and couldn't get really useful data points. levels.fyi also...Read more
Tech with 15 yrs exp, and interview with FB Data center infra role (hw/SW interaction). Was told E5 is a good.target level but seems more like I shd be offered an E6. What shd I expect in terms of salary, bonus, sign on and RSUs at E6?
FB decided they’re moving forward with an offer for M1 (level 6). Google is giving me the answer early this week (expecting it to be positive). Now FB wants me to tell them my comp expectations. First question: should I really give them a number? What would be a good negotiation strategy? My TC at...Read more
Hey what’s the total comp of L6 meta ? I just got an offer. Levels FYI has been changing. Pls let me know the breakdown. How much difference will it make if I choose SF vs seattle. TC right now - $450K. L7 PM amazon
#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...Read more
E4 offer from Facebook. Bay Area. 3 yoe. L4 Google. Base: 160k Equity: 300k over 4 years Sign on: 40k Is this a good offer for E4? Should I negotiate?
I’m a (recently promoted) L7 PMT at Amazon and a former manager is recruiting me to Meta. I’m curious about comp difference between: Amazon L7 Principle PMT (current 2024 comp expected 415k, due to recent promo, expecting ~500k in 2025) Meta L6 I checked Levels.fyi and it’s not accurate for Amazo...Read more
Just got a call from my recruiter. He has offered me Base: 110K USD Bonus: 15% Stocks: 180K over 4 years Location: London, UK Current TC: 95K USD Working for a startup right now YOE: 5+ years
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Got a verbal offer for Meta L5 Product Data Scientist. The offer will be discussed after the team matching. Can anyone share what to expect for NY area for this role? The blind numbers do not have enough data. TC:330K #meta #datascience
I received FB offer 180k base 600k rsu and 100k signon. Where do I stand with respect to comp range for E5?
I recently got yes for E5 in FB london. E5 I can see is offered from 7 years exp to 15-16 year exp person. My question is will they all have same compensation? Also, like I am moving from India so how will they consider my current compensation which is in different currency? They can not simply conv...Read more
Levels.fyi says Facebook senior staffs earn 1.38m per year which is much higher than the industry average. (Ex Google = 722k, uber = 880k, Amazon = 915k for senior principal). Is this compensation accurate? Any reason for such high comp?
Considering moving out of Microsoft. What is a reasonable E7/E8 offer? TC - 1.2 million
Does anyone have an idea of the max comp for RS/RE at E6/7 in the GenAI org? Are they countering OpenAI level comp (ie >2 or 3M)? TC 1.5M
Have an opportunity for Facebook hardware operations. Currently working in Apple operations TPM team. yoe~5. compensation details: E5, base 185k, RSU 375k over 4 years, sign on 50k. Is it a reasonable offer for hardware/operations team?