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.
Lets say your performance review is meets or exceeds expectations, you're approaching your first year vesting date, and your manager finds out that you are interviewing (directly or indirectly) - What are the chances you get fired before your stock vests? For all intents and purposes let's say it's...Read more
Currently in google, tc 370(some initial stocks) Next year tc might be around 300 Got two offers: Snap-400k Instacart-400k Tired of not motivated job in google. I am afraid that snap’s stock is too high, and tiktok+instagram might kill snapchat Instacart might suffer after the pandemic Any ideas?...Read more
After Zuck knocks out Elon and Facebook knocks out Twitter, where will Meta stock be? #meta #Facebook #instagram #threads #tesla #twitter #elonGonnaDie #google #amazon #microsoft
Can someone explain why meta stock is going up, it just does not make sense, the Instagram and Facebook are not popular anymore. I understand they have invested so much on GenAI. But is this the reason? Why market is reacting so much to that? TC: 300k
The Instagram recommendation engine started recommending some reels to me and wow I’m very impressed. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CynahY8ACAv/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyNaOpePk4q/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwh_5uwyX7V/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Czt5LFFSsAi/ https://www.insta...Read more
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-pay-guidelines-salary-hiring-bonus-stock-levels-2023-10?IR=C?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tech-feed-headline-graphic
- Weekend Costco/ Patel brothers - Some BS hikes - Same talk about housing and stock market and job market - BS day trips in Bay Area ( tbh now I feel it’s overrated) - No good Indian food. - On festivals those standard traditional dresses and pictures for instagram. - With layoffs season start gr...Read more
I have 3 offers on the table and I am trying too see if I can get Instagram to come-up a bit as that role excites me the most and I am really keen to take that. YOE: 6+ Instagram 200k base, 600k - RSU, 100k sign-on Netflix - 450k cash + 5% Stock Options Amazon - 330k TC (extremely complex of...Read more
What is a typical strong base, bonus and Stock grant for TPMs Vs PMs at Facebook/Instagram at IC5 and IC6 levels (for someone coming in externally with 8 years of PM experience)? How does this compare to what's offered by Google and LinkedIn?
I'd nominate FB's acquisition of Instagram. When the acquisition closed, the stock package that was negotiated was worth a little less than 1 billion.
Been a lot of bad news in the press lately, getting eaten alive by IG, botching the redesign, lowest ever stock price, leaked memo. Would you still take a SWE job there?
What is Snap’s path towards beating Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok? Is it AR? Really happy to see them profitable in February and their stock going up!
Although Instacarter all gets insta-rich, their stock is not as valuable as they thought. I think most of them get their RSU at the valuation of 40B. Now it is just 10B. So there should be a time when Instacart was actually valued around that price and gave stock at that price. When was that? Maybe...Read more
Would you bet on it? What is stopping the stock? Edit : Please consider all products under the FB umbrella before dismissing it 🙂 Whatsapp, Instagram, Occulus and features like Market Place, Shops etc
Which stock to buy to capitalize on the Tiktok ban. Maybe any speculations on who's going to buy it? Or if it does get banned, maybe Meta since short-video content will migrate to Instagram? Or any other stocks?
https://www.businessinsider.com/ruling-ftc-meta-facebook-lawsuit-instagram-whatsapp-can-proceed-2022-1 Thoughts? How does it affect FB stock? Implications? TC:290k
Meta is already struggling with stagnating user growth and now Russia blocking Meta. Are the Meta stock going to be a disaster like Netflix. Or is it already corrected enough to withstand the upcoming results ? #Meta #facebook #instagram
What does snaps market look like? I’ve used it less since IG story rollout, but curious because stock has been doing well
Time to sell my FB stock? https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18626785/white-house-trump-censorsip-tool-twitter-instagram-facebook-conservative-bias-social-media
FTC and states sue Facebook, could force it to divest Instagram and WhatsApp https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/ftc-and-several-states-launch-antitrust-lawsuits-against-facebook.html Is this good for FB stock?