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.
Anyone who works at meta wanna mentor me into getting an offer? I have been grinding leetcode and am looking for someone to evaluate if I'm ready for meta and if not what I can improve on
Joining Meta soon as E6 SDE. How can I find an E7+ mentor at Meta?
I really only have two dream companies I’d like to work for and I’m hoping to find a mentor at either of the companies in hopes they can help guide me and land a role at Meta or Google. Is there anyone in the community that is willing to do so ? TC : 120k Yoe: 6 as PM : 10 Total #tech #productmana...Read more
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Hey Facebookers! I’m looking to re-apply as a product designer after the 12mo wait period. Looking for a design mentor to help make sure I’m developing the right skills. Coffee once a week would be awesome.
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I'm moving to meta in March as an L5 Product Manager, I'm looking for someone who can mentor me and answer my newbie questions. If you are interested please DM me. # #pm #product #productmanager #meta #facebook
Just recently started playing around with the Facebook Marketing API. I'm hoping to connect with someone who can help answer some technical setup questions. DM me of you are willing to lend a hand, dinner and drinks on me!
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Hello, I have to schedule a E5/6 MLE interview with Meta and I have 8 weeks to prepare. I am looking for a prep mentor to provide guidance (through paid plans or others). Please DM if you can help. Thank you! #meta #facebook #machinelearningengineer
Internship ends soon. Feeling good about my performance. Confident that I’m going to get the offer. Interviewing at other places but feel like FB is best for the career start. I want to reach E5 ASAP and then see what to do from there. Likely London office. I heard about the mentor culture. How do...Read more
Hello, Joining as a TPM at a FAANG. Looking for Mentors and/or Buddy TPMs. I wonder how great would it be to share our insights, current experiences at the role, problems and figure out solutions as a team. It'll be a great learning curve. We could do a virtual meetup once a week for half an hour....Read more
Hello everyone, I am planning to apply to Facebook as a Front End Engineer, preferably as E5. I am looking for someone who can be my private mentor. My plan is to have weekly or biweekly 1 hour meetings at a location of your choice (I live in Sunnyvale and work at Santana Row) and go over my initi...Read more
Your support and help is much appreciated in advance. Please comment here or DM. Please free to comment on anything useful for interview prep. Thank you! Tc - 20L Yoe - 4.5y #meta #data #datascience
I am joining in a few weeks and looking to netweork with some women SWEs to network and get some guidance on teams etc. #facebook #womenintech
My bootcamp mentor has been very nice to me, is it ok to give him a gift? TC: 300k
I start in January and I’ll soon be looking for a mentor. I realized that’s quite common. Having an intern manager was really really helpful, so I thought of doing something similar until I reach senior level myself. Things I’d appreciate: - weekly 1:1s - occasional code reviews to get improvement ...Read more