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.
Instagram marketing offer. Does Instagram have the same PIP culture as FB, given that FB owns Insta? Or is it different? Trying to avoid orgs with PIP quotas if I can.
Yo FB folks what happens to Instagram? Won’t load.. Time to pip some SREs lolll #facebook #instagram
All cash comp 2 tiny rounds of layoffs 450 total non-eng High base salary (Easily 5-600k for senior) Keeper test is basically insta-PIP, just don’t be at the bottom WLB is team dependent but I’ve witnessed some working <20 hours per week Remote friendly I still wish I worked at netflix TC 210K
What is the point of notes in Instagram chat. It's just annoying and taking up space. Feature nobody asked for. Pip this guy who did requirement analysis on this.
Both opportunities in Bay Area. TCs would be similar, so keeping it aside. Current TC ~150k, not from Oracle. YoE: 6 Dear blinders, please help in deciding my next opportunity. Thank you in advance! I am inclined for Facebook mainly due to passion/fascination for working IG and WhatsApp teams. Am ...Read more
Your fucking PIP machine is hurting your end users drastically you complete morons The IG business tools UI is glitchy and consistently errors out with “unknown errors” after tremendous lag times when attempting to boost posts. Every time it happens I have to uninstall and reinstall the IG app on m...Read more
Hi guys, looking for referrals to roles in NYC preferably. Worked at Amazon NYC for about 14 months before I received the PIP treatment. I'm pretty good at leetcode and have been grinding for the past 2 weeks. Leetcode: 200~ YOE: 1.2 years + 3 months internship TC: $155k -> $0 No sponsorship need
Hi Fellow guardians, I need little advice since I am new to this. Is it good to Resign before being put on PIP? (Since purposefully failed in IG) If put on PIP will it cause problems to come back into the org? (Some sort of red flag in LKND and MSFT records) or let them put on pip take the severan...Read more
Not sure if burnt out. I want more $$ but realistically I just scroll through Reddit and Instagram. I work out regularly, have friends, sex often, eat well. I survived AWS and other hard companies working 50 hours a week. But now I can barely be motivated to write two lines of code. Snap is depres...Read more
I am looking for guidance, portal names & referrals. I am using Linkedin, Handshake (from university) glassdoor, talently by blind, dice.com, simplify, and I am not doing enough applications I feel. Its time consuming and I cannot gather enough applications and each application also takes a lot of ...Read more
Mark wants to go into Metaverse. So he invested a lot into it (IR department I guess? The department form Metaverse) It clearly doesn’t work out. So a lot of IR is laid off or will be. It is kinda of the same result as PIP. So the product you work on defines your performance. If the you work on Inst...Read more
Hey all, I’m looking for referrals for SWE Full-stack / Front-end positions to companies located in the New York City. Please leave me a comment or DM me directly! Appreciate it a ton. Leetcode: YOE: 3.5 Years TC: 150k 🇨🇦 #google #facebook #apple #lyft #uber #doordash #grubhub #twitch #instagra...Read more
Was misleveled/ upleveled earlier than I should have been. Been trying hard to fight the PIP but the expectation gap is big and causing me to burn out. If I have to burn out, I'd rather burn out at a role that I can be impactful in. Not limiting myself to Nvidia New Grad alone. If you're an SDM who...Read more
I have changed jobs before but since I have been on blind. I have started feeling anxious about job change. I feel sometimes ignorance is bliss. Earlier in my career I just chased money..uber, netflix, blah blah multiple 1 year jobs..and everytime I used to be so happy, join with a positive mindset....Read more
Everywhere you look it's hiring freezes and layoffs. I've been at Amazon for almost a year now but I feel zero motivation to do any work. I'm not sure if I'm burnt out or what but I find it hard to focus on anything, I'm constantly getting distracted by the smallest things and find myself sitting i...Read more
It came to my attention that a direct report who took 3 sick days in a row was actually partying in the Maldives. I normally wouldn’t care (other than the fact that they were dumb enough to post on Insta knowing that another member of their team is a tattletale) but this particular person caused a ...Read more
Sde-1 at amazon for last 2 years. Burnt out, obese,. depressed and 80+ hr work weeks.No promo in sight Burnt by constant Re-orgs, layoffs and manager changes along with PIP threats from Manager when I pushback. Work is meaningless, busy work 30 Lakhs in savings almost, live frugally, no expensive ...Read more
Currently a Senior at LinkedIn data infra org. TC 460k due to stock appreciation. Got an E5 offer at FB: 200k base 15% bonus 800k RSUs and 100k sign on. TC 455k. YOE 11 I will get to cliff at LinkedIn in 1 year and Staff promotion may not happen within 1 year. I am very interested in FB and I dont ...Read more
The Tale of Tekion: A Not-So-Happy Workplace Adventure Once upon a time in the world of tech, there was a company called Tekion. It sounded like a cool place, promising big hikes in salary – sometimes as much as 200%! Imagine that, getting more money for your hard work! But, like any adventure, the...Read more