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.
Engineers of Instagram - my password is being compromised every day basically. This isn’t happening with any other app. What is up? #instagram #meta
Talk crap all you want about my peanut pay/company, but Instagram security is trash. Wife's IG got hacked today, and the account had a pretty hard to guess password. Why are we allowing infinite password tries for logins??? I just tried 10+ incorrect passwords on an account, and no throttling or lo...Read more
What’s the word IG / FB security engineers? Inside job or external?#instagram #instabug
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
I don’t know what’s going on but my spouse and I have both randomly started following people on instagram. Spouse mentioned it yesterday because they are super aware of everyone they follow for security reasons and I noticed it happen today. I viewed a comedians story in the search feed did not clic...Read more
Yes, I get that “China bans X Y Z” or whatever, but we shouldn’t aim to be on the level of China. There is no “national security threat” from teens dancing on a social media app. Sure there may have been a few incidents of service men or whatever revealing base locations or information because the...Read more
Found a security engineer position for Instagram and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to do a referral for Meta?
Received a few emails of a login from Russia and Ukraine for my Instagram account. I can no longer log into either. I have two examples of this happening with proof of email. It's impossible to reach Instagram support and honestly this may be a huge security flaw that can help developers. Would anyo...Read more
The recruiter listed out the following options for my E5 infrastructure engineer position: Could any Meta/ex-Meta folks shed light on which pillar you prefer and why? I prioritize job security and growth over wlb (I'm from AWS so it should not be much worse right? 😅) Also, among the apps (FB, mes...Read more
I assumed instagram would be secure against brute force attacks, dictionary attacks, sql injection, etc.. But it seems like every week someone new is getting there instagram hacked what gives? I find it hard to believe all these people are getting hacked by phishing scams and social engineering. Is ...Read more
Recently went through the full loop for a Meta Security Partner role. I highly recommend experienced security professionals to apply, especially if you enjoy both the engineering side of security as well as forming relationships with product engineering teams. https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/?q=se...Read more
Hi am making a post for my sibling who was recently laid off and worked as a security engineer. If anyone could provide a referral it would be greatly appreciated! #adobe #meta #instagram #telsa #tiktok #snapchat #netflix #microsoft #warnerbros
- airport security harass/assault you just to get on the airplane - airport security go through all your stuff - airplane toilets are absolute garbage - jet lag while you’re there - all the pain and suffering just to get a view that you enjoy for 10 seconds then get tired of it and SNAP a photo for...Read more
TC 325 GCP have changed their interview process. For customer/sales engineer roles they've added white boarding and leadership questions instead of building a technical demo. RRK & Googlyness questions are still there but no more GCA What type of white boarding scenarios should I expect? Are they ...Read more
I tried to leave a group in Facebook app on iOS and it hangs every single time . To this day when I login to Facebook I can see someone else’s personal information in my account info page !!! Cross sharing PII !! Please fix your bread and butter app before creating metaworse* All features in Face...Read more
For anyone who interviewed for Staff Mobile Engineer roles in last couple of years, could you please share the interview process at different companies? What all technical rounds were conducted? My assumption is that it will be more focused on Mobile System Design, but curious if Backend System Des...Read more
- Have zero autonomy over your own job security, beholden to the whims of Wall Street and execs who make more money in one year than you do in 50. - Forced to sit in front of a glowing screen for 8+ hours a day, destroying your own body and eyes to the point of blindness. - Do real professional wo...Read more
Hi, I am in the team matching phase for a new grad position at Meta. I just received these three options from HR. It seems that currently most of the hiring teams are monetization teams. But I am not sure whether I can survive since I only had one internship experience (full stack) previously. I als...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
I recently started working at a company that’s in the process of getting acquired by Facebook. My employer will become a Facebook company just like WhatsApp and Instagram. They’ve notified one of the departments that their jobs will become redundant in 12-18 months after acquisition. I haven’t been ...Read more