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.
Looking at an IC6 role. Current role isn’t at Dropbox but a Sr Manager of an 8 person team across 5 verticals at a pre IPO. Scope in current role is significantly larger than Meta offer but scale of Meta is significantly larger than current role. Current TC is 260k base and a bunch of monopoly buc...Read more
I've studied so hard over the last months. Spent Christmas vacation leetcoding and doing mocks with other blinders[1] and today finally the result came! I passed E6 with flying colors!!! 😂🎊🤣🎉In the upcoming weeks I'll have the numbers. Maybe next week. Not sure if I'll join (already made anot...Read more
I feel I did well in 2 SD, 1 coding , 1 behavioral, phone screening feedback was also good but bombed 1 coding in onsite. Will one bad coding interview be sufficient for rejection ? TC 300k
Just bragging. Never in my dreams thought about this TC. Feels unreal. Immigrant from middle class Indian family.
Current: Amazon. Meta was my first and only interview in a while, so don’t really have any leverage. Not ML/AI. 8 YOE. HCOL. Edit: Want general input on E6 level offers. Obviously way better than my current situation.
3 coding E6 rated most likely, behavioral E5, 2 sys design split as E6 and E5. Large assumptions, but just assume for a minute. TC:350K
Strong interview performance, according to the recruiter. Probably over prepared, but did over ~200 LC problems over a period of several months. I also had a pretty solid counter offer which helped cut down on the back and forth during offer negotiations. Really shitty timing in terms of stock pri...Read more
Hello, fellow Blinders. Looking for feedback on this Meta offer: 252/95/1.4M Not in Menlo Park. TC: 635 (but going down next year because the special cash award goes back to the North Pole this Xmas). Thanks.
What do you do as meta e6? Mainly code? Or drive features? Or lead projects? What percentage of the work is coding? How many hours per week do you work? TC: 500k
Heard from a friend that Meta recruiters are canceling scheduled virtual onsite interviews for E4-6. Can someone here confirm from first hand? Meta will report quarterly earnings next week, could the hiring freeze suggest Meta is taking a defensive measure against a potentially disappointing ER? #...Read more
Hi I was able to crack Facebook interview. Got level E6 yoe 13 New TC 586k current TC 145k 7 years at JPMC on low TC I only did FB tagged LC questions and Grokking for system design. nothing else.
I’m contemplating going through the interview process for Meta in NYC at E6. I really don’t feel like spending the time doing medium & hard leetcode problems, nor do I want to practice the 60 hrs of interview questions and “tell me about a time…” scenarios. Should I just cancel the interview proce...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?
I cleared phone screen for E5 , but meta recruiter is asking me to take a behavioral round so that i can be considered for E6 postion. What are the expectations from an E6 at Meta #meta #hiring #misc #interview TC 350 YOE 13
Hi Folks, I would like an opinion on the following FB E6 london offer Base: 130K GBP Bonus: 15% Stocks: 400K USD (over 4 years) How higher can I go? My recruiter said that the offer is based on market value and not by my interview performance. I don't have a counter offer. Any suggestion is high...Read more
Pretty sure I’m rejecting this but wanted to hear from others first. These are the negotiated numbers. If I did try to negotiate again what strategy should I use? Base: $240k RSUs: 125k/year Bonus: 48k Sign-on: 50k (Edited) Offer was updated without me saying anything Base: 240k RSUs: 175k/yr (...Read more
Total 6 YoE. 5 of it at Google and have been L5 for the last 1 year. Will meta willingly accept to interview for E6 or I will need to push the recruiter for E6 loop? TC: 380k
I’ve been offered an onsite for a Facebook E6. Was previously a dev at Amazon but switched to management years ago. A bit scared of the coding (but excited at the position). Does anyone have experience with this level interview? I am old enough to have avoided the LeetCode fad. What should I plan...Read more
175K $ Base + 40k$ sign-on + 800K RSU 10YOE Is it possible to go higher in London? #engineering #offer #london