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.
Facebookers, give us the skinny. Is this a real thing happening soon? Any details?
https://instagram-engineering.com/san-francisco-856cbf69397?source=linkShare-b2f37176bdf4-1526567471
What’s your experience working there versus Menlo Park? Is there a gym and free food?
Is it part of the main campus (west/town/original) in Menlo Park or is in MPK 20/21? I know there's also a SF one, but which one is the main one?
How is IG Group (IG Infotech) ? https://www.linkedin.com/company/iggroup/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Group Please help wrt the work, culture etc in IG Bangalore ? @IGgroup @IGinfotech @IGindia
How to the perks compare to MPK? How's the food? The vibe? Is it crowded? And are there interesting teams there for a fullstack SWE? Thanks!
Is there any truth to this - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-marks-6-months-in-office-on-instagram-gets-shredded-in-comments.amp Also read the comments.
Are there any practical difference between working for Insta vs. FB? I assume benefits and comp are unchanged, but how about office space? Food options? Are Insta employees considered different in the company, or are there any perceptions about working for Insta? How does Insta’s SF office compare t...Read more
EDIT: this went a lot more viral than I ever expected. This was a direct copy and paste from someone who posted this about Google - except theirs wasn’t a troll. The OG post been linked at the bottom of this post the entire time. @businessinsider, your investigative “journalism” sucks Working at M...Read more
When is Facebook/Instagram going to open their SF office in 181 Fremont? Is it going to be engineering for both Facebook and Instagram teams?
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.
I’m joining Meta (Instagram team) located in NYC this month for a hybrid model (based on offer). What is the current working from home vs from office policy for current employees? How many times are you going and see others working from NYC office? Any shuttle service available for commute? If drivi...Read more
How is working at Instagram office in SF? Is comp same as FB? How is WLB? Asking for SWE. TC 350 @instagram
I am Korean and we usually go crazy for looks and perceptions (Instagram and stuff) In Korea, you get bullied in high schools if you don’t use IPhones when Korea is where Samsung was born. So people worship Apple + love employees who work at Apple too. Do employees love the office as well? It is b...Read more
How do these Indian influencers working at Microsoft and other companies in Seattle are just making content on Instagram, podcasts and chilling on Friday at brunches etc. doing office hours.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/25/meta-layoffs-future-facebook-instagram-company/ On Thursday, Zuckerberg that he expects to unveil new guidelines about how and where employees will work now that concerns regarding the pandemic have subsided. He wants more of a “critical mass” of...Read more
Like you really don't need Instagram or Facebook in office. Why don't they just ban them ? Employees will properly work 30 highly productive hours a week in office and go home and enjoy.
Big news! Check out the parody account about something that happened with the Manilla support office. see it has already been questioned on their LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter. #Navan