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.
In the latest results yesterday, Facebook Daily and Monthly active users grew 5% YoY. I thought everyone here believed that Facebook app is dead. But it’s growing in popularity even in US. Now that Trump is back, it will probably continue to grow.
Well, we're starting to reach ridiculous levels of absurdity now. Pretty sure someone got to E5 with this feature. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-uploaded-1-5-million-users-email-contacts-without-permission-2019-4
I have an offer from Facebook for user researcher role. I am yet to discuss the numbers with the Hr. What base salary, joining bonus, stock options can I expect for a ux researcher role at Facebook? Thanks in advance! P.S I have 3 years of industry experience as a user researcher and masters in H...Read more
I've noticed lots of my Facebook friends (mostly former classmates or co-workers) have either stopped posting or deleted their accounts entirely. At first I thought "hmm I haven't seen a post from this person in a while, let me search" and then I didn't see them in my friends list. But then I didn't...Read more
194k annual 180k stock (45k for 4 years) 20% annual bonus Good offer? I am not aware of the growth process at the IC6 level. I feel there isn't much growth left and the review process seems intimidating.
First time FB losing users QOQ. Why do you think this is happening? TC: 445k YOE: 10
Facebook Users' Phone Numbers Are Going Out For $20 Each On Telegram: What You Should Know https://m.benzinga.com/article/19313454
I hardly use Facebook these days and was thinking that it's a particular demographic that is not much active on FB these days. However, looking at the below report, even teens are moving away from it. Don't think it will ever get back its lost popularity. https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/11/teens-aba...Read more
My fb internship interview is in a month lol. should I tell them I can help them dump 2 billion user data next time. #WhatsApp #facebook #instagram #Faang
saw that fb calibra has security feature where they can use government id to verify your name etc. how is that implemented technically? are their apis or services that provide this?
And now they are bringing the same to IG I absolutely hate looking at the outdated docs on their website to turn on/off a setting. I’m not active on FB and my IG story that I posted yesterday was posted to FB. I only realized that when people started reacting to it Youtube videos / third party sca...Read more
Are you still using Facebook? https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4
Was wondering if employees could see user's info/profile if they set Friends Only by just an email? Tc: 🥜 🥺
On capitol hill zuck had assured senators that Facebook doesn't sell user data. But their internal documents reveal that they were planning to do exactly that. https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/facebook-considered-selling-access-to-user-data-report Is there no level to which these guys won't sto...Read more
People talking about meta layoff for months And yet there is still no layoff While other companies already laid off hundreds of thousands of employees
Hey blind! I have an upcoming UX research onsite so was wondering if anyone might have any tips on acing it?
Do you have any idea of how much a senior user researcher make at Facebook?
I keep seeing researchers jump from Facebook to Google. Is the pay really that much better? What about culture, work/life balance, benefits, etc.?
What a surprise, the company that solicits and abuses users personal data for profit, doesn’t adequately safeguard that data. What a sleazy unethical company. Thankfully FB declining long term due to increased government regulation, limits on cross app tracking and increased awareness of their toxi...Read more