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.
Because its down! Tc 125k Lvl 60 #facebook #whatsapp #instagram
Not even a phone screen. Hiring managers, like what the hell? Why?
I'm just curious how Facebook has so many openings when Instagram and WhatsApp has just a few software engineer positions open if not none. Is Instagram and Whatsapp's team that small? Most, if not all, of the other apps/products (facebook, uber, lyft, pinterest, linkedin, airbnb, you name it) that ...Read more
I'm curious if anyone here knows someone who does this or heaven forbid, you do this. My question is: why and how do they view their job? The subject is inconsequential and the writing is atrocious. Why this?? #rant TC: 300k, buying puts to hedge
What went wrong here? Facebook did a good job with Instagram. Microsoft did a good job with LinkedIn. Was Tumblr overvalued at $1.1B ??
It seems sooner or later, they will get rid of all TPM roles as they are planning to do it soon at Instagram: https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-tpm-roles-instagram-job-cuts Link without paywall: https://archive.is/FBs5Z
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/15/1148903790/meta-instagram-immigration-visas-layoffs-work-job
Wtf this is a pretty big move, don’t see any posts about it on here https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-tpm-roles-instagram-job-cuts Non-paywall link: https://archive.ph/JUXsm
Currently in google, tc 370(some initial stocks) Next year tc might be around 300 Got two offers: Snap-400k Instacart-400k Tired of not motivated job in google. I am afraid that snap’s stock is too high, and tiktok+instagram might kill snapchat Instacart might suffer after the pandemic Any ideas?...Read more
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-tpm-roles-instagram-job-cuts I believe 2024 will more bloody than 2023!
- Weekend Costco/ Patel brothers - Some BS hikes - Same talk about housing and stock market and job market - BS day trips in Bay Area ( tbh now I feel it’s overrated) - No good Indian food. - On festivals those standard traditional dresses and pictures for instagram. - With layoffs season start gr...Read more
currently work at instagram. should i look for a job at tiktok? or is that stupid? instagram is pretty smart and strong, but idk it might get all facebook-y very soon.
Instagram is what I’ve always thought of as my “dream job”. I’ve heard an internal switch in Meta is easier rather than getting in externally but it’s difficult eitherway. I’d love some insight from anyone that works in Instagram whether to affirm my thoughts or give a reality check. Also would lov...Read more
He is pretty invasive in peoples privacy to be honest asking personal questions at the office. He views every story and if I remove him I’m sure he will notice. What do I do now? Please no “why would you add your coworkers to IG” comments pls. I also need to keep my job to pay my mortgage.
What’s the word IG / FB security engineers? Inside job or external?#instagram #instabug
Good job everyone for stopping the ordinary folks from using Facebook and Instagram. The human collective mind is finally beginning to heal. Hopefully the wise and brave engineers at Facebook will realize this and keep it down. #Netflix and #Google engineers, take inspiration from our actions today ...Read more
Be it X(twitter), Youtube, Facebook, Insta or Blind why there is so much hate against India and Indian people? Some people comment curry smell, some comment cow piss and some target poverty (despite being one of the largest economies in the world) these comments make me feel sick especially those co...Read more
No other country is going to be on receiving end of AI as India. Tons of jobs are going to be anhilated. Guess India becoming a super power is merely the stuff of dreams. Keep dreaming https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-17/chatgpt-ai-github-copilot-for-coding-threatens-india-tech-jo...Read more
Where were you working & what were you doing before FAANG & bloom of Tech? Edit: Name the companies & job titles. Talking about pre-Facebook/Snap/Instagram era
Just watched an Influencer speaking about Instagram algorithm. He said "A tough job is understanding the Instagram algorithm which changes every week". Is it true? #engineering #software #swe