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.
Got the following email from the recruiter a week after the onsite: ``` ... I wanted to reach out and just let you know a decision has been made regarding your application for Meta. Happy to run through the feedback with you; let me know when you’re available to speak? ... ``` Is that a generic ema...Read more
So if you’re not notified of being canned tomorrow, you’re still possibly going to get canned in May? Lol. Seems like they gave directors+ the ability to vote on who gets canned? From my experience, most directors I’ve come across at meta werent exactly the brightest people. Lol. What a shit show...Read more
I got my background report a week back from hireright but havent heard from meta yet on it (still shows in progress). There is a yellow flagged item and I wanted to make sure its completed before submiting my resignation. Is there a working email id that i can use to reach the meta background check...Read more
If it is early morning in US EST, like 3 am ( I recall Google did that?), it should come out very soon? Should People in PST wait for it before sleep?
Meta recruiter reached out 1 week after my onsite today to schedule a call to share the update This is for e5 What can I expect? Edit 1: I got the offer but for e4 Tc : 200
Metamates, I want to share some tough news with you. Today, we began notifying some Metamates that they will lose their jobs. Most of the reductions will come from the Products org and, when completed, will affect about 14% of the company. I know this has been rumored for some time. It's disappoint...Read more
Gave FB onsite last Wednesday. Today an hour ago FB recruiter has send email to discuss the Update...Fingers crossed, waiting for the call from the recruiter!!! What do you guys say? #tech
I got a fb recruiter reach out via email. I'm not pursuing due to personal reasons right now, and they actually had an option to be reached out at a later time in the email. Link goes to their recruiting page or something. I checked 6 months but do they actually reach back after that time or do th...Read more
FB recruiter wants to talk “for a few” minutes later this week as she has news to deliver regarding onsite interview rounds. Does this most likely mean reject if she doesn’t need too much time? TC: 220k
Well, we're starting to reach ridiculous levels of absurdity now. Pretty sure someone got to E5 with this feature. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-uploaded-1-5-million-users-email-contacts-without-permission-2019-4
How long does it take fb to send you an email saying that you have been referred? My friend referred me (either Thursday or Friday) and said that I should have gotten an email but I haven’t. Any ideas, or should I follow up next week?
Do Oculus joinees also get fb.com email address? In the onboarding email I only see option for @oculus.com in the email choice. There is a Unix username field though. Will I get username@fb.com email address too?
My father is old and he has most if his friends on Facebook. That’s the tool he uses to communicate with his friends. We can’t recover his profile and he feels sad that he doesn’t have all the conversations,photos he had with his friends. Some of his friends are no more and he had saved the photos ...Read more
I failed a FB onsite a couple years back. I received an email from a hiring manager who wants to chat. Wondering if anyone had the same experience. Would this be a phone screen or what should I expect?
https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-recruiting-google-ai-talent-with-personal-emails-2024-3
Waited almost 2 weeks after the virtual onsite, and only received a reject email from another recruiter. Does it mean my overall feedbacks were bad? Did I make it to the candidate review round since it took almost 2 weeks?
My Joining date is Nov first week, HireRight portal shows meets the company standard. Is there anything else I need to receive from FB to know if the background check is completed successfully? YOE:8 TC:200K (Base) Non-Tech #facebook #facebookonboarding
Just completed onsite with case study as next last step. Received this email from recruiter in less than 24 hours: “Do you have 15 minutes or so to speak tomorrow? I’d love to follow up with you about your interviews. Please let me know your avail.” Next steps or rejection or either way?
Finished my virtual on-site on 20 Jan, sent an email one week later for updates and responded with "result will be available in 2-3 weeks". Received an email today saying the positions are being filled out, told to expect another update within 2 weeks. Pretty cryptic. My understanding is that I di...Read more