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.
Use here implies active or more than just just having an account. Browsing it daily or using it for purchases or advertising or texting or posting. Your age and usage in the poll! 5yoe 260k
Hi All, An emotionally disturbed person I know is acting like a lunatic by lying and slandering a woman I don’t know via Instagram comments to the point that it’s damaging the woman’s career (she just landed a book deal). I’ve been observing from afar, and I don’t personally know the woman who is ...Read more
I know; never read the comments. I am dumbfounded by the sheer stupidity here. The dinky bridge that could fall apart and cause worse issues in the stream is better than repairing and upgrading the bridge. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwSeZwlIpD/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1i5t7u960w267 "Wh...Read more
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Hi all, Few days back, I started seeing active tab in the instagram chat. Today it went away automatically. I did notice there is some issue with active tab & there was api failure but curious how did they rolled back changes without releasing new apk. I didn't updated the app but still it went away...Read more
Curious if you watch every story from everyone that you follow.
I assume them have postgre for basic db user metadata but how about the list of followers?
You see some people just throwing the word around unnecessarily. Probably makes them feel like they know what’s up 😂🤣😂🤣 e.g paraphrasing : “something is off with the algorithm cos why am I seeing so so post on my explore page”
Do you like how Instagram’s feed is now video only (with Suggested Posts) against original images and videos combination? To me, it appears more and more platforms are now becoming video platforms probably because videos are more engaging in comparison of a static image? It also appears that conten...Read more
What will your company's currency be called, if they went the same path? BezosPesos, GoogleRuble, ChimeDime anyone? TC: 460K https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/07/meta-plans-zuck-bucks-virtual-coins-for-facebook-and-instagram-users
Top 10 Countries with the Highest Number of Facebook Users (2020-2021): India — 416.6 million United States — 240.0 million Indonesia — 176.5 million Brazil — 139.0 million Philippines — 91.0 million Mexico — 78.0 million Vietnam 75.9 million Thailand — 58.5 million Japan — 55.8 million Pakistan — ...Read more
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Capitalism is all about infinite growth, so I know your PMs are told to create more growth even though people like IG as it was. Are people afraid to tell your head “no”?
The EU is investigating whether Instagram broke data-privacy laws after it allegedly exposed the personal data of millions of children, the Telegraph reports. It follows a complaint from a US data scientist, who last year said that Instagram allowed underage users to publicly display their phone nu...Read more
I heard from my Meta friend that the retention rate is very low. You can't let the cringe Instagram crowd focused on vanity, on an app designed to share information of value. The Instagram login was the nail in the coffin ⚰️. It would have had a chance if the Instagram users didn't pollute the app ...Read more
Facebook just launched Instagram Reels - a new way to create and discover entertaining videos. Could this be the secure alternative users want? https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/introducing-instagram-reels-announcement #tech
Instagram is disabling accounts without warnings nor adequate reason. Their AI process flags comments without looking at context and disabling accounts without letting the user appeal. They disable the account, and user cannot appeal. Nor they can login to download their data because somehow their...Read more
Yes, I'm talking about the Apple's privacy policies. I am convinced that a big percentage of iphone users need Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook/Messenger. If this happens, I bet a lot of users would consider to move away from Apple phones just because they can't use Instagram/Whatsapp. And statiscal...Read more