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- Fired from Facebook under false pretense * 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
- vote Facebook fires back 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
- I got fired from FB and want to go back 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
- vote Why no PIP/Fire posts from Facebook/Meta ? I understand that Amazon aggressively puts around 10% into focus, and PIPs 5%. From what I know even Facebook has an aggressive policy towards low performers/lowly ranked people. Facebook might even be directly firing people without even focus and PIP. Why then is Blind full of Amazon shit stories,
- link Fb engineer in Seattle died of 'mysterious fire' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/desi-woman-with-fb-in-seattle-dies-in-mysterious-fire/articleshow/89838739.cms Hard to believe such thing happened.
- link The Tech Lead fired by Facebook Hmm https://youtu.be/2pIJoPkh9IU
- Fired from fb Any tips on what I should do now? Apply for unemployment, apply some places, etc.
- vote Are people at Facebook getting fired? Are people getting fired after today’s disaster?#facebook
- Tech lead got fired from Facebook 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??
- Facebook fired TechLead 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?
- Was PIPed and fired from FB.. Feeling down. Since there's no where else to talk about and can't tell my GF yet I got fired I thought I would vent here.. Covid19 messed up my productivity and pretty much had it coming..
- Getting fired from FB soon.. I am getting PIPed out from FB. I am E6 and I was L5 at Google. I am experiencing burnt out. I am thinking of taking a year break to travel + get in shape + reenergize. I am 32, single and have a decent nest egg. Is it worth it? Feel like I could use a break from tech. TC: $400k (+$100k sign on)
- Getting fired from FB. Anyone hiring now? There you have it. I am being managed out of fb before my next vesting (Aug 15).. Anyone else started hiring yet? Might take a few months off before grinding LC
- Fired from FB...my vent.. Last day is in 2 weeks. I am getting a 2 months severance. My productivity dropped dramatically past few months and writing was on the wall. I thought I would be able to sustain till end of this year. 35, single, about to get married while unemployed. 2 months severance will help me with my marria
- FB London Firings I have come across 3 different people who joined FB London in past 1 year and were laid off before even completing 1 year. E5 and E6. Horrible tales. They had left perfectly good jobs behind and changed countries. What is going on? #meta #fb #london
- Anyone fired from Facebook within one year? 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??
- vote Burnout.. should I quit or let FB fire me!! I am burnout from work and don't feel like working anymore.. I started leetcode but I get no time to prepare. The moment I land a gig I will take 2 month(s) off to relax. What's the best route? - Quit job + do leetcode or stop working and let FB fire me?
- Facebook fired the employee who protested for Qin’s death The poor guy is also on H1B visa and was fired due to ‘lack of judgement’. Respect to this guy and please hit him on linkedin if there is any opening in ur group. news link of the protest : https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/09/27/protesters-at-facebook-mourn-loss-of-man-who-died-by-suicide-an
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- Got fired from FB.. what a horrible waste of 1 year! I got fired from FB this week. Its been crazy stressful ~13 months for me. Last 1 month was great. Stress free and relaxing as I didn't do shit on PIP. I got 1 month severance. I have zero regrets. I felt FB is morally bankrupt and unethical. Going to take a few months off, backpacking and decide n
- link Is Facebook a moral dumpster fire? Given the recent news with Facebook allowing any company to pay to read our private messages, I often wonder about the engineers working on this sort of thing. Are there any morals at Facebook? How do engineers simply look the other way? Does anyone ever speak up and say, "hmm, this seems wrong"? Do
- fb fires Yin Yi, who asked fb to share more regarding the suicide incident the given reason is “lack of judgement” what do you think ?
- Overpaid & loving it. Retired at FB till I get fired. AMA I just found out I got GE rating as E6 ($400k stock refresh) and manager asked me if I want to work for E7 promo plan and I declined. I work 25-30h/w. I spend my time giving "directions", influencing other E5s and work for more impact, directions. Most E5s are putting 50+h/w while i take credit for
- Facebook pip and fire How common is it to have employees put on pip and then fired at facebook?
- Does FB do hire to fire? Title👆 Could be a poll, but I want to hear details/opinions. I recently joined and my workload is way too light. EDIT: I am not a SWE.
- Interviewing after being fired at FB I’m a senior-level swe at FB, being PIPed after a year. I intend to survive with my job intact but I am not in denial about the worst-case scenario. I am coordinating interviews with other tech companies. In a perfect world I get offers before the tough conversation with HR, but that is a luxury I
- Last day at FB. I got fired but I am happy. I was on PIP since September and manager agreed to let me stay till Nov vesting. Getting a 3 months severance, which is nice. I am going to take a year off to travel and decide next move. I had burnout but kept going. Happy I got fired. TC: ~$500k / E6
- Getting fired in 2 weeks... How to milk max out of fb?? So, my PIP is coming to an end in 2 weeks (end of May)..I am not in a mood to work. Stopped caring about timelines or work items. Don't care about replying to emails or IMs.. just want to relax, and enjoy life. FB sucked 3 years out of me, now what can I do to squeeze everything out of FB? TC: $0 (
- vote Facebook Fired Exec For Political Views? Is it true that Facebook fired Palmer Luckey for his political views? It seems like he donated to a company making memes and got fired for it, pretty messed up if you ask me. https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-did-facebook-fire-a-top-executive-hint-it-had-something-to-do-with-trump-1541965245 Non
- Getting fired from FB.. what are my options? I am E4 in the red zone and looks like I will be fired after PSC is finalized. So, I will get fired after mid March.. I have been here 4 years and can't make it to E5... What companies out there will hire me as E4? I have 6 YOE. I have green card so immigration is not an issue.
- Facebook fired the employee who protested for the suicide of Chen WTF?! For him merely asking company to investigate properly the tragic incidence? Speaking of free speech silence, bad PR and toxic culture!
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- vote TechLead (Youtuber) gets fired at Facebook! Watch This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pIJoPkh9IU TLDW: Says he got fired for having a Youtube channel that makes money...I think he says HR cited conflict of interest. Poll question: With so many micro influencers out there, do you really think these vlogers, youtubers, podcasters, are a le
- Will Facebook fire anyone for the 5 billion fine? I guess, big companies like Facebook can afford to do away with outages and failures worth millions of dollars, in the name of post-mortem reports and as a part of the course, without anyone having to lose their job, whatsoever. Can Facebook also afford to pay such billions of dollars of fines, with
- Negotiating non disparagement before getting fired at FB Best way to go about this? My team works 80-100 hrs a week and I’ve documented it, where you can see when they submit code and many of them do so at 2 am on weekends on top of working late hours during weeks. I work in ads and it’s a shit show. Antiquated tech stack, no senior eng leads, just a mes
- Facebook london firing situation. As facebook is notorious for poor wlb and for firing people. I wanted to know how is situation in london. Blind tax Tc 21 Yoe 4
- would FB have fired the manifesto dude? hard to imagine Sheryl Sandberg letting that stand. wdyt FB employees?
- link Facebook employee fired over bragging about access to user information Bragged about breaching privacy and got fired... facepalm https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-firing/facebook-employee-fired-over-bragging-about-access-to-user-information-idUSKBN1I334E
- FB down: I hope they didn’t fire the engineer at the very bottom. If FB is firing the guy as a cover up for this unavailability. I hope they fire the manager as well. Not like at amazon when it’s time for appreciation manager and whole team is applauded. But when things goes south they pip a L4 just to show. Unfair for SDE. If success is divided and celebrated
- Facebook IG Whatsapp down for hours. How many fired? All services down and broken completely. How many people fired?
- Did Facebook fire anyone for it's recent outage? Facebook had a global outage recently, for many hours. Did anyone lose his job for it?
- link FB guys fired for taking guests on paid tours and meals on campus. What's the exact policy broken? https://medium.com/@omg_damacha/how-a-chinese-tech-startup-got-10-employees-fired-from-facebook-b420db51bf6e
- link Who will get fired for this fucked up PSC culture at The Facebook ? https://digg.com/video/qin-chen-facebook-employee-suicide
- Does Facebook really like firing people? Heard lots of news Facebook piped or fired people very often. Is it safe to join Facebook from Google?
- link Guy who runs TechLead youtube channel was fired from Facebook for having a youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pIJoPkh9IU
- Does Facebook actually fire you if you don’t get promoted fast enough? I’m getting conflicting information from people who are already working there versus my interviewers/recruiters.
- Facebook E4 PIP/Firing Hi FB guys/gurls, Is it true that E4 engineers are pressured with a specific period of time after which you need to go to E5 or leave? If yes, what’s that period? 1 year? How hard is it? Are E4s typically supported to go to E5? TC: 220K YOE: 6
- Does FB demand signing bonus back if they fire someone in first year? FB is known for giving high signing bonus. But it's also known for firing people who are not performing. So, if I get a 75k signing bonus with them and join. Would I need to worry about getting fired in first year and having to pay back the signing bonus? (Talk about adding insult to injury.)
- is Facebook culture that of a hire and fire company? what is Facebook's people management policies? is it closer to Amazon's survival of the fittest? is it fire if you cannot deliver or is it more "empathy" and develop your employee, based?
- Would FB fire all employees who liked Yi Yin's LinkedIn post? What do you think?
- London ex-Facebooker: Get fired after giving notice period? Plan to leave on Feb. 17th(right after stock vesting), and the notice period on my contract is 2 month. If I give notice period on Dec. 17th, is there any chance that Facebook will just fire me? E5, £160k
- Anyone reapply and return to Facebook after being fired for "performance?" Curious because I had a possible wayward recruiter contact me. I got an exceeds followed by two meets all. Stuff went downhill and I was fired for performance... But never got a bad performance review or a PIP. Also, my entire reporting is no longer there.