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.
I am considering a role in IG camera team. Wanted to check if anyone has inputs on WLB and culture of the org? Any blind spots i need to be aware of etc. #instagram #meta
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Thinking to switch to one of Instagram team internally within FB. Need feedback on how is the WLB there, Growth , Reorgs and Upper management. Any particular team which is great or not so great? I am currently an E5. Looking to get into management in future. TIA
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It’s been a week since I took the initial coding screening interview. It wasn’t great either. Recruiter said it should take 24-48 hours to get a feedback. Still nothing on my candidate profile. How long does this take usually? I’m curious only bc I was expecting an insta rejection. 156k
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I have interviewed at almost all the companies I wanted to interview and failed all of them. Now the cooldown period for most of them is getting over so this time I want to clear at least one of them. AMA except list of questions that I was asked. I am an ML engineer and I Interviewed at OpenAI De...Read more
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I know at amazon recruiters write notes on your LinkedIn profile for other recruiters to see the last time you interviewed and the feedback. we do that on your profile as well within Amazon Hire. Do FB recruiters do the same thing too? It’s been a while that I’m trying to get a hold of the FB ones ...Read more
I have been applying for jobs for past 4months haven’t had much luck landing interviews. Would love to get some feedback on my resume. If you know any open roles and can give a referral that would be great too. Thanks UX designer 2YOE #interviews #resume #google #amazon #instacart #coinbase #apple ...Read more
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All my background is in data and if they ask me for designing instagram and how resolve performance issues in a service, obviously I will fail. I know I am solid in all the other TPM interview questions except this design. And I am only looking to stay in Data, reporting and analytics side. How shou...Read more
Hello blind community I have received Meta E4 offer in London. On the other hand I am also set for promo to L4 this cycle in April (or at least this is what I assume after promo soon feedback previous cycle). The comp at meta is very good, like 30k pounds more than what I'll receive at Google after ...Read more
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