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.
The biggest reason I don’t leave google reviews is I’m too lazy to sign into my google account. Forget about Yelp. Insta should launch reviews. It’d be way more organic, get more volume, and you could intelligently make us of the friend/follow graph too. Snap and Tik Tok should do the same. Platf...Read more
As a candidate for a role at Meta, are my fb/ig accounts being privately scored as part of recruitment filtering? For example, if my FB/IG account is not blocked by anyone that would be considered as a ‘clean’ account whereas if I have been blocked by 10 people, that would be considered as having t...Read more
“Nothing is more important than the credibility and integrity of the FBI and the Department of Justice. That is why we must hold our investigators and prosecutors to the highest ethical and professional standards. The Inspector General’s investigation has provided critical transparency and account...Read more
I am worried about a cultural shift. Current VP who left was an awesome guy.
#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?
Is anybody from @meta willing to report an Instagram account for me? I know when an internal person does it… it usually gets reviewed faster because you all have your own internal special form. #meta
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
https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/ 1 TikTok 2 Facebook 3 YouTube 4 Twitter 5 Instagram 6 Snapchat 7 Reddit 8 Pinterest 9 LinkedIn
Over the past month atleast 10 of our clients have been logged out of their instagram accounts for "unusual activity". Usually after 24 hours we would submit an appeal form and have the accounts restored. But now, even after a few weeks all appeal forms still say "Go to Instagram and confirm it's y...Read more
Locked out of my account. Can someone at IG review my support case? Changed devices and didn’t export 2fa. Lost backup codes.. #brainfart
hi all, I'm considering joining Instagram growth team. as I like that they use Python for backend services. it might be easier for me, a 10 year Java backend engineer, to pick up fast. any FB Instagram folks know about this team? how's the work-life balance? the on-calls? and performance reviews? ...Read more
Hi , Has anyone interviewed with DoorDash recently . I wanted to understand how are the system design interviews at DD. Do they all focus on design questions pertaining to Doordash ( Order food service , Review and Rating service ) or is it more generic like Design twitter , instagram etc . Any ...Read more
I recently joined Snap but not really like the atmosphere here. Im considering Lyra as I saw some acquaintance joining it from Instagram then Uber. I’m an user to the platform myself. The Blind reviews score is really good as well. Could anyone give some inputs on the company, engineering bar, fina...Read more
hi- does anyone know if the executive assistan roles for insta go through system as fb? interviewed at FB and did not get role, wondering if i will get flagged if applying for instagram role. Upon favorable review of my background/resume, if anyone would be willing to submit me in the system as ref...Read more
Hi , Has anyone interviewed with DoorDash recently . I wanted to understand how are the system design interviews at DD. Do they all focus on design questions pertaining to Doordash ( Order food service , Review and Rating service ) or is it more generic like Design twitter , instagram etc . Any ...Read more
#misc #fb #meta #instagram Update: thanks to the several Meta employees who helped get this escalated. The account/content has been removed. Blind members actually did something very good and supportive for my daughter and me. Thank you. Update: NCMEC had an analyst review and helped local police ...Read more
hi, would anyone be interested to review my ux portfolio? (esp those who currently/previously work at FAANG) I took a big bet in applying to facebook and instagram but super curious on how would they see my portfolio thanks in advance :)
Everyone loves food. Google has lots of restaurant reviews with food pics. Why can't they make a food equivalent of Instagram with reviews/ratings? People can discover all interesting food places in a region and they can comment on review posts accepting or denying them which can lead to user engage...Read more
I'm a former UX Googler, who may want to rejoin Google or another FAANG company. Facebook has a few interested openings (including IG) but I've heard mixed reviews on WLB and culture. Anyone on here willing to give insight? Especially with how remote work is going as some of the roles have options f...Read more
Hi, a bit random to post it here but I’m a bit desperate, my fb and ig accounts have been hacked a month ago and I’ve tried everything to reach Meta support without success. I heard from a someone that used to work at Meta that you guys have a private channel to ask for a review and reinstate accoun...Read more