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 was watching a show on Netflix through their website on google chrome and I noticed that Instagram started showing me contents related to the show. I was wondering if Instagram has some kind of partnership with Google/Netflix or maybe Apple cus I use a Mac. Since there are a lot of folks in the te...Read more
Hi to everyone at Meta, I am trying to recover my partners Instagram as it has been hacked for over a week. Would anyone at meta be able to help as I don’t know what to do and am too shy to ask, it would mean a lot, thanks!#tech #facebook #meta
1. Google search massively threatened by Amazon product search, Tiktok, Instagram, Airbnb etc. 2. Google cloud is so far behind azure and aws 3. Netflix partnered with Microsoft for ad business 4. Hiring slowdowns
Partner at Venture Firm with $200mm assets TC: $360k plus 6% carried interest -or- Instagram Sr. PM TC: $450k
#meta My partner co setup an account using Instagram. Said it was against community guidelines and Instagram simply disabled it and past the 30 days review thus as much as the partner tried to submit for an appeal but no avail/ response. Based in Singapore. Anyone can help?
How Instagram ads work sometimes baffles me. Scenarios ( no coincidence - ruled out that possibility) a. I was searching for BMW cars on my laptop in incognito mode. I see BMW ads on Instagram app. b. I write reviews on Google maps about a recent restaurant I visited. I see Instagram ads of restau...Read more
Team matched with a couple teams, any meta engineers care to give me their opinions? Oncall experience? And wlb? 1) Instagram Trust - working on protection to like threads, phising scam, impersonation and authenticity, impactful space: work on features to make ig safer, no prior knowledge for secur...Read more
Why do you go on a holiday? Desi here. To me and my partner it feels like - we are traveling to post pics on Instagram , make other people jealous and seek validation - travel feels like a lot of work. Planning, booking, running around to cover every item from the itinerary, clicking lots of Insta...Read more
Women have IG to spread toxic femininity. I see posts where women demand their potential partners make over 500k, drive sports cars, they talk about having multiple partners, ask men to be ok with their only fans and fully paid trips to Dubai. Men have blind where they spread toxic masculinity. The...Read more
I often hear about high value, big TC men being single or unable to find suitable partners in the US Think about Workable and Amazon recruitment team for dating. My business idea revolves around opening a consultancy were we would put up Ads of the single men and allow women to interview for the “...Read more
I always get anxious about posting on Instagram and think 10 times before posting anything. At the same time I fear getting outdated if I don’t post once in a while. I also expect my partner to post with me at times. I am also worried about how many likes I will get. How do I overcome this?
I have this hunch that my partner might have created a fake Instagram account to test my loyalty. But I can’t be sure if it’s her or maybe one of her friends I don’t know about. I don’t have concrete evidence, but my gut tells me it’s her, about 90% sure. Now if my suspicion turns out to be true, i...Read more
Hi Blinders, I’ve never married and honestly not sure if I want to. The only appeal I see in marriage is financial security but honestly that seems like a scam because I can live below my means & invest to build wealth. I want a partner. Not sure about the holy matrimony (lord forgive me) . People ...Read more
Probably none during covid. Pre covid how often are you required to travel and where to? Generally what's the travel experience. I don't have an offer yet. Still in interview process. Was just wondering. Partner engineers in other companies also please share your experiences! TC 190K YOE 3.5 #meta...Read more
what are some places that attract good women in their 20s? good here means kind, emotionally stable, educated, want a partner that’s equal to them, and just generally a good person. i’ve only tried using dating apps, and instagram so far and while that worked fine, i’ve found that the type of women...Read more
Asking specific to Indian audience. How did you /your partner ask for kiss, cuddle, sex for the first time ? And what stage you were in before that eg sharing double meaning memes via insta before asking for sex, etc etc. And how long was your relationship before you reached these 3 stages ? #rela...Read more
For those who aren’t aware, the Meta media support portal is a hub of sorts containing forms, only accessible by media partners. It allows media partners to escalate requests like verifications, username claims, and even quick support for hacked accounts, across Facebook and Instagram. There are 4 ...Read more
I'm referring to those LinkedIn profiles with a (fake) connection of 10k+ and a headline of: 🏅Entrepenur, Author of <XXX>, Digital Marketer, 💰💲Cryptocurrency Partner, Sales Programmer, Innovative Salesman, Motivation Speaker, etc. How much do they make? There must be a reason why they keep p
so im 38 y/o male with no kids. I was open to the idea of kids then i see the pending doom of the future. USA is complete trash at the moment, we have a global pandemic, global warming, fires, instagram, republicans. Honestly seeing this shit play out just makes me less and less want to bring kid...Read more
I have been working out for the past year, have started dressing better, taking care of my skin, and got a better haircut but I still have no good photos of me looking good for the dating apps. Anyone want to go pretend to be friends and take photos together so it looks like we have a social life s...Read more