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.
The new design of the Facebook website sucks. I feel anxious every single time I open the website. This is on top of the absurd placement of the "care" emoji. Facebook designers, please give insights to your design process! #design #ux #uxdesigner
"Facebook employees were recently given a new directive with sweeping implications: make the app’s feed more like TikTok." https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/15/23168887/facebook-discovery-engine-redesign-tiktok #meta #facebook #tiktok
Now that The Boomer Wasteland (Facebook) along with Instagram is redesigning itself to be more like TikTok, and Snapchat being pushed to the edge of oblivion, will the algorithmically generated feeds become the standard everywhere? Do you agree with people who are calling it the end of social networ...Read more
Gmail darkmode is not available on my iPhone 11 pro. What email app do you use? Fb redesign and darkmode nowhere to be heard of since last year? Tc 150 #darkmode
About time Facebook, was starting to think if you all would ever join the crowd with Dark Mode. I’m only using FB to sell some stuff locally, not active on the platform, but I like the Desktop new interface though. Will they redesign for mobile or will they end up forcing everyone to download the ...Read more
Facebook PMs - for a PM role specific to Ads ML group, is it fair to assume questions will be domain-specific? Both? I would prefer domain specific and prep for that rather than “redesign birthdays/events” 😂 Recruiter has basically said it can be either.
I have recently been introduced by some Chinese friends the social app they use, called WeChat, and this open up a whole new world. After using it for a while, (especially during the last two weeks I spent visiting China) I found WeChat 500 times better. FB is really a piece of dumb shit. The FB UI...Read more
Hey everyone, I am a Product Manager left Meta because I feel it’s time to build a real social networking app to help people find genuine community and discover new life experiences together, my vision is completely opposite of Metaverse. Every human beings need in person interactions and real life...Read more
I have facebook onsite next week. The recruiter told me to be ready with one good project I worked on for behavioral interview. My first q is what exactly do u look for in this question? I have shortlisted 2 projects. First is not a highly technical project, but I acted as a self-starter and raised...Read more
Hi! I’m looking for a entry-mid level UX/Product Designer role in house or agency. I have 1.5 years of experience at a design agency Code and Theory in New York. We do a variety of client redesign work for other companies which includes Meta, Spotify, TikTok (and financial services like JPMorgan). ...Read more
There are a couple products I don't really understand how it all fits into the existing products 1. Meta AI = Meta is a social network platform but I am not so sure how conversational or generative AI fits into their products. I guess Generative AI can be incorporated into metablverse so anyone can...Read more
Hello Everyone, I recently switched companies, (been here for not more than 2 months). My new team is great people but the product we are working on is not what I want to do for the next 2 years. We are rewriting a legacy website. On top of it, the website is not a heavily used one so there is no s...Read more
I’ve been putting off updating and redesigning my portfolio for years. I want to start job hunting after maternity leave. I’ve turned down two great jobs without having a portfolio rather than start a new job before mat leave. Got Google and Facebook recruiters on hold at the moment - I don’t want t...Read more
FYI: Survey is heavily biased 😂 - this is my experience within my own specific team. Obviously it’s a great thing if survey turns out many people work with good designers! I think I work with some of the worst UX and UI software designers. They’re slow, always ask questions that have nothing to do...Read more
Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5...Read more
Trying again- I posted this earlier and a couple of people immediately assumed it is some scam so I want your feedback on how to edit the site so people know the reason we ask for their contact information is so that the immigration lawyers can deliver their free consultations. I am an ex-Meta empl...Read more
Hello everyone, I recently graduated with a master's degree and am looking for referrals. I've been searching in an old-fashioned way (online applications) for a couple of months with little success. That's why I'm looking to redesign my job hunting strategy and seek support and help in this commun...Read more
It has been quite a while since I left Microsoft. I know some people may identify me but so be it. It should be an interesting read for Microsoft folks. I’ll try to keep it short. Morals of the story: 1. Your director controls your rating, compensation, promotion, not your manager. 2. Mspoll is not...Read more
#Top 5 Updates of the Week: * Tiktok’s new program in UK “Fulfilled by Tiktok” takes a stab at Amazon & highly differentiates it from other apps. * Youtube launches “new & returning users” metric for Creators. * Twitter (X) CEO says the platform is close to breaking even. * Facebook Groups will ...Read more
See where the 0.5 on-site came from later... I’m writing this to share my experience with my recent job search in security. There is tons of information for SWEs but not much for SEs and I’m tired of the weekly threads under “Security Career” asking “what to expect for interview at company X (espec...Read more