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.
How are you holding up? For Amazon for example, we are not going back to $3600 pre-split / $180 for many years. I know many of us are long term investors and believe that it will likely come up. Still. How has this changed your plans or how do you expect to change your life plans, how are you doin...Read more
Question for all dog owners at facebook. How do you take care your dog while at work? I heard Facebook doesn’t allow dog at work. is there any dog care service available on the campus? How much does it cost? Thank you!
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https://www.ft.com/content/2745d50b-36e4-4c0a-abe0-e93f035b0628
Requesting advice from Facebook people or anyone who might have an idea about how to help.... Apologies if this is a completely inappropriate forum for posting this, but an acquaintance of mine runs the facebook page Thinking People, which has about a quarter million followers, and routinely posts ...Read more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/07/meta-developer-salary-metaverse-investment/ "Programmers capable of building out virtual reality-powered games, apps and technology can earn total compensation from $600,000 to packages approaching $1 million, according to people familiar with th...Read more
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Reuters.com: EXCLUSIVE Facebook-owner Meta tells hardware staffers to prepare for cutbacks. https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-owner-meta-tells-hardware-staffers-prepare-cutbacks-2022-05-11/ #meta
https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-owner-meta-tells-hardware-staffers-prepare-cutbacks-2022-05-11/
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/09/facebook-owner-to-push-ahead-plans-launch-twitter-rival-meta-oprah-winfrey
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/facebook-owner-meta-planning-lower-064157767.html
Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11k staff in one of biggest US layoffs this year https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/facebook-owner-meta-to-cut-more-than-11-000-jobs-in-one-of-biggest-us-layoffs-this-year-11667992229693.html
https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-owner-meta-tells-hardware-staffers-prepare-cutbacks-2022-05-11/
Smaller bonus % and smaller refresher to employees who meet most expectations + performance reviews every 6 months. https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-meta-planning-lower-bonus-payouts-some-employees-wsj-2023-03-28/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-plans-thousands-more-layoffs-022908179.html Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is planning a fresh round of layoffs and will cut thousands of employees as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. Good luck, metamate...Read more
TC 300k https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/-facebook-owner-meta-worst-performer-in-the-sp-500-this-year.html
https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-owner-meta-tells-hardware-staffers-prepare-cutbacks-2022-05-11/
https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-owner-meta-tells-hardware-staffers-prepare-cutbacks-2022-05-11/ Hiring freeze?
And it's about time.. https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-vr-ar-reality-labs-cutbacks-metaverse-2022-5 https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-owner-meta-tells-hardware-staffers-prepare-cutbacks-2022-05-11/ #Meta