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.
Facebook Director of Policy Communications Lena Pietsch blasted Haugen, noting she "worked for the company for less than two years, had no direct reports, never attended a decision-point meeting with C-level executives – and testified more than six times to not working on the subject matter in quest...Read more
I was wondering if a person can get fired (due to low PSC rating) before the layoffs happen in Apr? Are there any benefits an employee would receive if they are fired? Eg: severance, health insurance etc. I was warned recently (due to low rating), so I was wondering if I should wait to get laid of...Read more
Just reconnected with an ex-colleague and found out she was let go from Facebook last week. She’s one of the smartest people I know and I’m shocked to hear that FB dares to fire people during this time. Like can they even hire anyone new right now?!? She was there for only 9 months and apparently di...Read more
TLDR: not anymore 💪💪 I got fired from Meta in April, and it was a total shitshow. I was with the company for 4 years, so I thought I was safe. But then the axe fell… I was depressed for a month couldn’t get out of bed. But in June I networked like crazy, studied for interviews and did a shit to...Read more
* This is an updated post as the original had to be deleted for personal reasons * I was fired from Facebook. Not because I wasn’t good enough - I was. Not because I violated any policy - I didn’t. I was fired because a colleague that didn’t like me, filed a false complaint about me. The experienc...Read more
Mera is a shit place to be in. They give complete control to managers on firing and employees can't represent data points ( seen 2 cases personally) where the employee was right but due to complete control with manager they were asked to go. Yes perks are there but zero EQ
I got fired at FB in 2013 and got a job at Google immediatelly. I was E4 at FB then offered L4 and google, promoted to L5, then going to be promoted to L6 this cycle (delayed promo because of no perf) which is a huge deal at Google. I was in infra at FB and got fired because of having an adverse ...Read more
Just watched TechLead’s latest video on YouTube and saw he got fired from Facebook for having YouTube channel. Wtf? Can people from Facebook comment on this kind of policy?
Got Fired at Meta in an instant without any prior intimation. Feedback is given as performance is not good enough. No questions/concerns are allowed to be asked and lost access in an instant. Any accommodation request I make, gets a simple Yes or No. It looks like Employee value is a joke which the...Read more
Following his youtube channel for a while, not that surprised he got fired from Facebook as he started to monetize through social media. I just dont understand that a youtuber and interview coacher can make money that much??
I'm a man. Worked for Facebook for a few months. Got sexually harassed by a married female colleague. I was single at the time. Harassment mainly involved questions on my sexual life, compliments on my physical appearance and the occasional touch/rub on back/shoulder. For me it wasn't a big deal ev...Read more
Hmm https://youtu.be/2pIJoPkh9IU
Meta is firing tons. Good luck to all getting the axe. You'll land on your feet though. Dont stress much
https://www.ft.com/content/22ce95a6-e473-4102-a330-f7d02cfb6fd1 looks like the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is going to investigate and possibly fine Apple and Alphabet for unfairly promoting their app -- and Meta for using user data and privacy -- could get fined up to 10% of global turnover... ...Read more
@meta openly tracking badges now to ensure RTO compliance. Wow! I don’t even really mind hybrid, but what a bad look. Others sure to follow suit now that they are owning it. https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/meta-threatens-return-to-office-layoffs-18303435.php TC: 165k #rto
Have you heard anyone getting fired/PIPed from Meta within one year purely on the basis of performance? What's the quickest firing that you have heard in facebook due to perf reason? 3/6/9 months?? #meta
Have you heard anyone getting fired/PIPed from FB within one year purely on the basis of performance? Whats the quickest firing that you have heard in facebook due to perf reason? 3/6/9 months??
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-is-preparing-to-notify-employees-of-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-11667767794
Hey everyone, I'd really appreciate some help here. I am in a very bad state of mind and so sad about what's going on with everyone. I think I'm next on the death row. I got locked out of all my Meta accounts. no access to email/intern/etc. I got contacted by a company lawyer and investigator, stati...Read more