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- Workplace by Facebook Hi, what it’s like to work at Facebook Workplace team? Is the business doing well and the product well received? How are the teams? perspective in what’s it like in APAC would be much appreciated, thanks!
- Workplace by Facebook? What are your thought about Workplace by Facebook and its chances to take over Slack, Skype/Teams and the other tools in that space?
- Facebook London Workplace Team Any info on London’s Workplace team? I heard everyone loves the product, even more so than the app itself. A lot of paying customers (businesses). Anything else?
- vote Which Workplace is better? Amazon or Facebook? I am looking for work at these two companies, but the workplace environment is super important to me. How is the work-life balance at these two companies, and what benefits are there? Wondering if anyone has experience working here, and could help me out. #job #worklifebalance #workplace #amazon
- Facebook Workplace London for Interns I just wanted to get your opinion on impacts of choosing an enterprise focused team/org would there be compared to some of the client focusing teams? Mainly interested in these aspects: 1) differences in chances of getting a return offer 2) stress and expectations 3) career impact (pace of progress
- privacy in workplace by facebook i wonder if Facebook's worplace platform allows employers to access private chat's of employees. any ideas ? #facebook
- Workplace by FACEBOOK feels like facebook by FACEBOOK.. from 10 years ago I used to like using FB 10 years ago. The way we use workplace now seems a lot like how facebook was used back then; only it feels a lot more forced than like a thing to be doing. I mean, it's like ship a feature write a post, change a gk write a post, have a question write a post. WhatsApp and Inst
- Adding my workplace on FB. Look at the suggestions #BeingIndian
- Is Workplace by FB a good product? A good team? Asking for a friend. I've never met any user of the product
- link Facebook leak: Preferentially hire H1Bs in order to increase workplace diversity https://www.projectveritas.com/news/facebook-insider-company-suspended-my-account-in-h-1b-policy-doc-leak-probe/ "[P]riority of H1B applicants [from China and Korea] [over] American applicants is for the greater good of company culture." #facebook #projectveritas #apple #google
- Considering to leave Google Cloud after 7 years to join Facebook workplace for a Global partnerships role. Thoughts? Considering to leave Google after 7 years to go build partnerships at Facebook workplace? Would that be a good career move?
- link Leaked hiring memo: Facebook is having a super rough time hiring engineers this year. Link: https://www.protocol.com/workplace/facebook-docs-hiring-recruiting-crisis Tweet: https://twitter.com/anna_c_kramer/status/1453471470148112391?s=21
- Stay for Amazon L7 , jump to Meta E6 or Microsoft L66 I’m on the promo path to L7 at Amazon , and have an inkling that I’ll get offers for e6 Facebook and 66 Microsoft . I’m interested in large scope and impact projects and potentially becoming a manager at some point . What would blind advice ? Amazon tc : 680k Other tc : don’t know yet Pros: Amazon
- link Is Facebook a better place after the suicide case? https://youtu.be/VbEQriZEfoI Is the workplace at Facebook any better now? Just saw another story about a fellow engineer fired from the same workplace. #tech #facebook
- FB Internal Comms are down - what does FB use as a backup? FB Workplace is down. As FB teams try to repair the damage today, what are they using to coordinate? Slack? IRC? Phone calls? Carrier pigeons? Amazon Chime? (lol)
- link Discrimination continues... https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-workplace-hiring-eeoc-black-employees-culture-fit-2021-4
- vote "Which FAANG is best to work for? We Figured It Out" From the TeamBlind blog on workplace insights: 1. Netflix 2. Facebook 3. Apple 4. Google 5. Amazon
- link Congratulations Blinders, we have turned Facebook into an offer factory. With this trend Facebook is soon gonna be used solely for generating counter-offers. Maybe they could pivot to an SW engineers rating agency? https://www.protocol.com/workplace/facebook-docs-hiring-recruiting-crisis
- FB Job rejection depression Hello, Had my second FB rejection (first was in 2019), and while I knew I really wanted it and studied very hard, I couldn't foresee the impact. I can hardly function at my current workplace, my wife is starting to be very worried about me, I'm trying hard to hide it from the children. The pain isn
- What does Facebook Singapore do? Interviewing for PM at FB Singapore soon. I wonder what products Facebook Singapore work on. I heard one of them was FB Workplace. Thanks. TC: 120k SGD #productmanagement #productmanager
- vote Facebook & Dropbox https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-ceo-drew-houston-joins-facebook-board-directors-2020-2%3famp Does it make sense for Facebook to acquire Dropbox to expand its workplace business? #dropbox #facebook
- Does Facebook use Email for communication? I heard that FB has a "Workplace" thing which is basically an internal Facebook. I hope that's not the only thing they use for communication? Is email still a thing there? Using a "FB feed" for all communication sounds like a nightmare, compared to Gmail or Outlook.
- link Blind harassment casualty "Among other things, she said she'd been attacked on Blind, an anonymous workplace app." Discuss. Updated link: www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/01/17/facebook-manager-quits-after-being-harassed-over-views-on-diversity.html
- Facebook orgs with less stress? Got an offer from fb as EM. Thinking about the orgs with the best WLB (obviously fb is not for coasters, but in comparison there might be teams with some balance). Any advice or what I should stay away from?#workplace #wlb
- What are the most underrated companies in terms of perks? When it comes to benefits and perks, the usual companies are top of mind (eg. Google, FB, etc). What are the companies that indeed have great perks but not many people know about? And what are they? Asking specifically for companies that have an office in Singapore but general answers are welcome a
- link The memorial service on FB campus today for last week’s suicide incident There is a vigil / protest today on Facebook campus from 1-2:30pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-memory-of-qin-and-anti-workplace-bullying-protest-tickets-74169544103? Does anyone know if Facebook released anymore information around the suicide?
- Snap vs fb vs google vs airbnb vs ...? If you were to pick your next workplace after 6 some years, where would you go, and why? A helpful facebooker did AMA yesterday, appreciate it. How about others?
- Do employees of US companies in China use English or Mandarin at work? US based companies like Amazon, Microsoft Google, FB, etc.. all have offices in China. Is there a rule that all work including meetings must be done in English? #culture #officelife #workplace
- Microsoft more productive than Facebook? MSFT total # of employees: 140,000 FB total # of employees: 45,000 Microsoft major products: Office/Office Web Apps, Windows, Azure, Bing, Xbox, Hololens, Visual Studio, and a bunch of enterprise stuff like Dynamics, Teams, SharePoints, etc Facebook major products: FB app, Messenger, Instagram, Wh
- How are contingent workers treated at FB? Just joined FB this week as a vendor worker, so far decent experience but does full time employees have a low opinion on contractors? I have high hopes of working hard in my current team and securing a full time role at FB. Is it a possibility?#workplace #officelife #culture
- Can I quit my job at Meta after two weeks? Title says it all. Workplace is like slack on steroids. I’ve already been given work that has deadlines, I don’t even understand what I’m doing yet. Manager keeps talking about “impact” and how IC5 is a pretty senior role and seems to be hinting at starting to perform. My anxiety is through the roof
- link This place is out of touch echo chamber https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-companies-2021-50-best-workplaces-grow-your-career-us-/ https://www.forbes.com/lists/worlds-best-employers/#24ab5c31e0ca #1 Amazon (Blind hates it) #19 Facebook (Blind thirsty for its D) Even IBM #6 is more respected and desired than Facebook... OOOOOF Let th
- vote Company kool aid Are many people at your workplace is drinking the kook aid? Sometimes it seems I’m the only one not agreeing with the overly positive and happy cult like attitude everyone has about the company.#Facebook #google #apple #airbnb
- vote [RFC-2019] FAANG to CAANG. I propose that we should replace F with C for Cisco. We are #1 workplace in 2019 [0]. Yes, FB pay is good. It does not justify by stressful deadlines and crazy work hours. Cisco has great WLB. I feel that I actually learn more from my work. TC: 200k, 1 YoE [0] https://www.businesswire.com/news/h
- link INSIDE FACEBOOK’S ‘CULT-LIKE’ WORKPLACE, WHERE DISSENT IS DISCOURAGED AND EMPLOYEES PRETEND TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/cnbcs-salvador-rodriguez-inside-facebooks-cult-like-workplace-where-dissent-is-discouraged-and-employees-pretend-to-be-happy-all-the-time.html
- IC5 offer @ FB London What would be the TC for an E5 solution architect working on Facebook London in the Workplace team with 14 years of experience in the market? Edit: Turned out to be an IC5, not E5 role.
- Facebook Onboarding: Using Alias / Pseudonym Hello folks, Is it possible to use an alias (a name different from my legal name) in internal communication tools like email and Facebook Workplace? I'm ok to use the actual name for legal, HR, and payroll systems, but I would like to use a pseudonym everywhere else.
- link culture fit - facebook racist hiring policies “There may be Black Lives Matter posters on Facebook’s walls, but Black workers don’t see that phrase reflecting how they are treated in Facebook’s own workplace,” according to the complaint, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/02/facebook-racial-bias-suit/
- Best way to prep as facebook mobile engineer Hi guys. Im going to join facebook soon. I heard that facebook has high bar in the workplace so I would like to prepare myself as much as possible before joining as a mobile developer. What are the open source libraries should I learn? Will reading architecture books help? Any tips for surviving
- H1 transfer & resigning My H1B transfer status changed to "Case Was Approved And My Decision Was Emailed" on USCIS portal. Is it safe to resign at my current workplace or do I need to get the physical I-797A copy to resign ? I have asked the same query to lawyers but have not heard anything from them in past couple days.
- Moved to Apple from Facebook as SWE, life is so much better here 😇 I was at FB for 2 years, joined from a startup. It’s been 3 months at Apple and I’m loving it so far. Some of the personal things I observed, 1. Once a year perf review, no real danger of PIP 2. Everyone works decent hours, nobody’s checking code during late nights and weekends 3. Nobody is hack
- Oracle OCI insider tips to crack interview! What are some quick points I can make to impress when interviewing onsite for oracle OCI. Anything that might help me impress them? Some insider info about their technology or workplace or future projects? Anything cool? ?Any insider info is appreciated!😊 #leetcode #facebook #oracle #apple
- Facebook Boston Culture Can anyone from Facebook Boston office comment on how the office culture is there? Are undermining office politics the usual there, or is it a genuinely positive work environment? +1 if you have any specific remarks about Production Engineering there. Thanks TC: 132K YOE: 2 #culture #officelife #w
- What internal tools do you use? In Facebook we have workplace for posts, groups, and messenger for chats. Emails are rarely used. What tools do you use at your place? For project planing we have internal tools but each team select whatever they want. For docs we recently switched from Quip to G suit. Share your stack
- Q- Posting hot chicks/ guys pics? Would that be illegal? Thinking if we can post hot chicks/ guys from out workplace( dont want to be called Sexist)- would that be taken in bad taste? Of course it would be without their permission but hey they are considered hot so they shouldn't bother much. Fb started off on something similar so why cant we? I am sur
- FB’s future Do you think its wise to evaluate a move to #Facebook? Would it be able to overcome its challenges and provide opportunities for career growth? How is FB doing in #Asia and #India in particular? How is the leadership? Heard they appointed a VP to lead India and bought worldwide cricket rights. Th
- Executive Team and Digital Transformation I work for a Telco, the company just changed its vision and wants to move from being just a Telco to a digital tech company by 2025. We have recently purchased Workplace (by Facebook) among other tools. However, the Executive board refuses to adopt the workplace and keeps using WhatsApp as a messag
- Teams in Facebook london What are some of the interesting and important tech team in Facebook London? I know about workplace, but personally I don't find it a very interesting team to work for. What kind of work does Oculus, AR/VR teams do? Do they hire generalist backend engineers? What's it like to work for the infra team
- vote Dear META - why are you the way you are? The first company that asks me to meet in the meta verse will promptly receive my resignation letter. I will no longer participate in corporate life if the future is designed around this dystopia. Thank you, but no thank you, I reject your vision of the future. I will take my net worth as is and ret
- Setup checklist for Facebook new hires I am starting with FB as an E5 next week. I am a targetted hire and wont have a bootcamp. I wanted to start a thread that can be pinned as a list of not so obvious things to do upon joining. (eg: apply for a XYZ commuter pass, bookmark XYZ intranet resources, download XYZ app). I find this is non-