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.
I am joining Meta as an E5 SWE around end of October. Will I be eligible for year-end bonus and stock refresher in 2023 or will I have to wait till 2024 to be eligible? Current TC: 220k Level at MSFT: 63 New TC: 425k YoE: 6
I was supposed to join Facebook in September. But I might have to delay the joining to October. Earlier my recruiter mentioned that I would be eligible for perf review and rewards(bonus, base increase, equity refresher) in Feb 2022. Will I still be eligible for it if I join in October? Will the amo...Read more
Can someone please confirm 2024 Google and Meta L6 refreshers, bonus % and base for post cliff regular rewards.
Wealthfront has APY boost for most of the companies. But it doesn’t show up for Albertsons! Why? https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Meta https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Apple https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Netflix https://www.wealthfront.com/rewards/Microsoft https://www.wealthfront....Read more
How many times a year are perf review done at Google and Meta? If twice does it mean bonus and other rewards are twice a year? Or is it just the rating twice a year and rewards are annual? TC: 310k
Yes, I'm hurt especially because of Meta that is fucking with children's lives and Wall Street still rewards them.
FB rewards hacking, making engineering debt and passing down debts to someone else. As an industry hire, FB is the worst place to be in. Short term impact has ruined company culture. Codebase is garbage, Immatured management, stock performance has been abysmal. The only good thing about FB is the...Read more
got info from my friend joined fro FB lvl5. TC is close to 400k... holy cow edit: lvl 64 adding @Cheri data point, welcome to apply microsoft! Also as a comparison, my tc last year was 344k. Base pay earned in 2019: 188k Cash bonus (140% rewards): 39k Stock bonus vest: 40k SSA 1 vest: 45k SSA 2 ...Read more
What are the rewards like for best performing employees in FAANG or at your org ? #faang #meta #uber #google #rewards
Hey y’all, I heard of Meta having two different kinds of TPMs and wanted to learn more. 1. What’s the difference between Infra TPM vs Product TPM? 2. Do they both report up to the same chain? Or is one Eng and the other Product Managment? 3. How’s the promo velocity and/or growth perspective betwe...Read more
Currently L61 at MSFT getting target rewards. Moving to FB E4 and doubling my TC. I hear FB is much harder. Am I fucked? Current TC - 160k New TC - 350k in year 1 and 300k later YoE - 5
I saw the recently open threads about Meta reneging signed offers and got concerned, if I relocate to go to Meta (London) and they renege my offer, my whole life would be upside down. I have a pretty good deal in my current company, as I’m a top performer that people trust. Although I live in a ter...Read more
Getting top unis in Asian countries like IIT (India), Tsinghua (China), etc is much harder and selective than top US unis like Stanford, Harvard for local students. The folks there are statistically have higher IQ as well through the process. So which one would u choose if given both offers for bac...Read more
I'm in the team matching phase of Meta and have to submit pillar prioritization. Trying to understand more about each of these pillars. How’re rewards, impact, you security, WLB for each? Any particular org to avoid? 1. Monetization 2. Central products/ infra 3. WhatsApp 4. Messenger 5. Privacy 6. ...Read more
Lvl 64 with 140% rewards. 65 likely will happen next mid year. Facebook recruiter reached out, is it worth trying ? What compensation can I expect ?
Can some one share the patent rewards program at Facebook and Apple? I know that Google gives 5000 bucks and Broadcom about 4K split into two (It used to be generous 500 RSU during the legacy Broadcom days, but things have changed since) Does FB and Apple encourage patents/IPR. Any schemes in place...Read more
Just got reached out by Meta recruiter for a SWE opportunity. Almost two year at my first job, don’t like it but I’m content and thankful. But with current market condition I’m very hesitant to switch jobs especially with more rumors about Meta lay offs. Currently a high performer at Microsoft with...Read more
Anyone done it before? Left at 62, E6 at Meta now want to boomerang back at 66 or 67 only been a year or so (will be more when hiring freeze is over). At Microsoft was top performer (180% rewards). TC: 500k #microsoft
I have heard that Microsoft has a fixed budget per team. So if few folks get higher rewards, others have to be given lower rewards to stay in budget? Is that true? How does it work in other companies that have huge refreshers? How do they afford this while Microsoft can’t? #Microsoft #Amazon #Goog...Read more