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.
Posting on behalf of a friend. Please help decide between these two offers. Looking for faster growth, higher TC, greater learning, exit opportunities. Microsoft Redmond Org: Azure Base: 110K Bonus: 20% Sign on: 50K RSU: 120K over 3.5 years Facebook Menlo Park Team: Will be assigned through Bootc...Read more
Meta - received offer for the Monetization pillar (will match with a team sooner to my start date in July) - I’ve heard the Monetization pillar has the most potential for growth but poor WLB - standard new grad offer Tesla - returning to team I interned on last year, the team was small and the work...Read more
I have an offer (Software Engineer) from Amazon and Meta , both in the Bay Area. Amazon: • Base - $148.4k • Sign on - $56.1k year 1/ $38.1k year 2 • Stocks - $128,166 (5/15/40/40) TC: $210.9k year 1, $205.7k year 2, $199.67k rest My Amazon team is under the Devices, Digital, and Alexa Support o...Read more
I was an intern last summer (2022) at databricks and an intern this summer at meta. I got a return offer from meta (the "greatly exceeds" package) and an offer from databricks. I'm a bit conflicted here because I'm sure I'd be getting more (liquid) money from meta, but databricks is looking promisin...Read more
Will Facebook beat any offer you have as a new grad or do they cap off? Got an invite to interview and not sure if it’s worth. I know Google can go up to 300k rsu if you have an offer from a top firm or competing offer from like citadel type firms. I haven’t seen Facebook shelling that out? For ref...Read more
I'm fortunate enough to get new grad swe offers for both Facebook and Coinbase. Here are the offer details: 1. Facebook/Meta Location: Seattle Base: 118k USD RSU: 150k USD, 25% vest each year Sign on: 50k USD Relocation Bonus: 10k USD Performance Bonus: 10% of base but can be more if o...Read more
Saw somewhere that Meta is pausing hiring on the E4 roles, as apparently there is already a lot of backlog for the team matching process. Is this true? Can a Metamate confirm this? I have onsite coming up and seeing this makes me think that the onsite will simply be a dummy interview with no forese...Read more
Got an offer from FB for new grad SWE .This is just a big thank you to all the fellow blinders. Thanks for all the help :D Facebook Employees : Any tips or guidelines I should follow to succeed at Fb? This is a dream come true for me! Tc: 115/25/150
Meta offer: TC: $225k first year, $175k+refreshers(+promo?) second year Pros: fast promo, learn more/better career growth, team choice (hence more interesting teams?) Cons: poor wlb, less prestige Google offer: TC: $198k first year, $183k second year Pros: much better wlb, prestige, mature tech, go...Read more
Got offers for Databricks and Meta for new grad. TCs are as follows: Databricks: FY ~270K, recurring ~230K. The stock takes ~70K. Meta: FY ~240K, recurring ~190K. Might get refreshers(~30K?) after FY. Databricks seems have better job security, better brand, and team/engineering culture and it gr...Read more
Hey folks, I’ve been so fortunate to receive an offer at both SpaceX and Meta for a new grad position, and I’m looking for some guidance on making a decision. Meta is better on paper in terms of compensation, benefits, location preference, and most likely work life balance. However, I just find S...Read more
I graduate in May 2019. I recently interviewed for a Facebook New Grad position. I’m not too hopeful of the outcome. In 6 months it will be February. Would I be able to reapply as a New Grad again?
Why would someone join Google instead of Facebook as a new grad, given that fb has faster growth, much more flexible team selection and team change, better campus and food and they also seem to offer a slightly higher TC(due to prorated refreshers and fb sign on being paid now). The only things goi...Read more
Joining as swe new grad. Looking for career growth and no layoffs 😬 dont care about the tc difference. Anyone worked at both?
TikTok Location: San Jose (looking to transfer to NYC) Org: Monetization Technology-Global Ads Infra Pros: - Higher TC - New experience (interned at Meta for last two years) - Transferrable skills - Fast promo - Hasn’t had mass layoffs yet - Mostly cash comp Cons: - Not Chinese - WLB nightmar...Read more
Anyone from fb, can you guys confirm is there any hiring freeze for new grad this year, some of my friends have applied via referral, but they are sending rejections to most of them, I don’t know whether i should apply right now or not, i will be graduating in may,2021?#hiring #recruiting #fb
Hello, I'm graduating in July 2024, could anyone give me a referral to the meta new grad role in London please? I don't need sponsorship. I've attached my cv below, thank you. Job link: https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/731821892235479/ #uk #london #unitedkingdom #tech #meta
Hi everybody! I’m a senior in college who got reached out to for a new grad position at Meta. I received the OA and passed all the test cases (and am very sure I got the optimal time complexity solution) on all the problems but still got rejected a few days after with the recruiter citing that my OA...Read more
Facebook: (-) Base: $118,000 (+) Yearly bonus: $11,800 (+) Sign-on bonus: $70,000 (+) RSU: $150,000 (+) Cheaper COL area (Seattle) (+) Catered breakfast, lunch, and dinner (+) Looks better on a resume (+) Safer company during an upcoming recession (-) Less interesting product (-) Slower growth than...Read more