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.
There is a wide spread issue with instagram app crashing. Can anyone confirm? Context: Iran is going through one of the most difficult times in its history where people are protesting in many cities againsts the brutality of the goverment (search #mahsaamini for details) and people in iran are usin...Read more
Useless notifications about people shared # photos. Can't even disable them. The steady decline of Instagram continues.
I see some highly scored Apps that supposedly can tell who has seen your Instagram profile. My understanding is that this is not possible but the high ratings and the fact they have not been banned for AppStoe/PlayStore makes me wonder if there are indeed.. legit? #instagram
Serious question. Hey instagrammer engineers, why are the boomerang and layout features made by separate iOS apps? Why have UX be roadblocked like that for a simple feature? Why not make those libs just downloadable into the main app? Or if that’s not possible just bake them in after seeing that...Read more
Is there a safe option for an app that tracks who unfollowed me on Instagram? I want to unfollow them back in return. If they’re friends I’m going to contact them and tell them the friendship is over.
Twitter vibes but also interesting they’re making this move. I don’t see publishing as a high growth industry to interface with. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/31/tech/artifact-instagram-founders/index.html
Do you want to be reached on Instagram or it is just for farming followers? #dating #tinder #bumble #hinge
With the IG account dependencies, and lack of many core features, Threads feels more like an IG feature than it’s own app. Prove me wrong! TC: 700k YOE: old
I have few people who I follow on Instagram. However I don’t want to see any further updates. I don’t want to unfollow them as I might as it’s similar to unfriending in FB. Does anyone know how to do it? Didn’t find info searching online.
Kids no longer post on Instagram. Even I, a 27 yo millenial, hardly check the gram. Most of the original COVID19 content is being made on TikTok. Instagram has become mostly annoying ads and recycled weeks old memes. Too bad FB can’t simply copy TikTok’s features (IGTV is a flop 🤣).
Hey PM's, I'm currently on the B2B side of PM and wondering others' experience with major consumer products like YouTube, Uber, or Instagram? What's work-life balance like (say for a. L5/E5)?? What do you like/dislike?
Open apple app store Search instagram Official instagram app is like the 6th result Posted a comment w screenshots
I know Whatsapp and FB is one such thing. And telegram. Any thing other than this? #tech
Today's fun piece, stories are now mirrored (image flipped and unreadable when posting). Replying to DMs is a UI disaster. The text space itself when typing is filled with CSS code that I can see. Morons TC 336k #bitcoin #crypto #app
Question says it all. I am genuinely curious if it's okay to DM them if I like their profile on Insta and we share common interests. Women of blind, feel free to share your POV on how you feel if you get a DM from some unknown man. What kind of message is acceptable. Men of Blind, feel free to sh...Read more