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.
Im lucky enough to have offers for a SWE internship at both. I want to work distributed systems in the future. Pay is not a priority but HRT is offering much higher. Which do you think would be a better learning experience/ would look better on a resume?
If someone in your family works at meta and you do Meta options trading is that legal?
SWE at Meta looking to transition into and interview for SWE role at HFT/Market Making Trading companies (NYC/Chicago). I have 2 YOE and am an E4. Most of my experience has been in Full Stack ENG working with FB-technologies (Hack, React, Mobile) - so not too much transferable knowledge. Has anyone...Read more
Reached final interview one of {IMC, DRW, Optiver} in Chicago. Is it worth doing an internship there or doing a return internship at FB? I'm worried about the prop trading shops having worse WLB or TC not catching up as a software engineer after a couple years, whereas at FB I could try to quickly ...Read more
Ex MSFT here. I have cash to trade in my Brokeragelink account under Microsoft retirement plan. I happened to learn FB employees must trade in some predefined trading windows throughout the year. Does anyone know whether this applies to any trading under that account? @Facebook
I heard from someone that either Google or Facebook has a list of companies that they'll match their offers against for competing offers and if you're competing offer isn't one of those companies they won't match it. Does anyone know more about this and if G/FB will match their offers against those ...Read more
#imc #drw #facebook #newgrad Asking for a friend. Deciding between software engineering at Facebook and quant trading at one of IMC / DRW (new grad). Is the worse wlb + long term tc upside at these trading firms worth it over better wlb + stable tc at FB? Friend is looking to live a relaxed life i...Read more
Been working at Facebook for a few months now as my first job (graduated Dec 2018), and overall it's been great. I'm thinking of firms like 2Sigma, JSC, Citadel, etc. However, I find my work to not be that technically challenging (maybe because I'm a solutions engineer as opposed to a SWE, although ...Read more
Is it possible for meta employee to sell their vested stock outside trading window? How? #meta
Have a few e7 offers from faang / database companies with Meta being the highest at 1.1m. A headhunter reached out asking if I’d be interested in doing a few expedited swe interviews with firms like Jane Street, HRT, Citadel, Jump, Tower, etc. I’ve always been curious about what it’s like working a...Read more
Does #meta have any restrictions on trading derivatives on meta or tech stock?
Meta stock went up by 20% in 1st hr as soon as market opened today. Is trading window open for employees right now to get benefited by this? Or only CEO MZ and other C suites getting benefits here? I saw yesterday someone bought over 101k units to enjoy dividends of around $50k. I’m really feeling ...Read more
Are there any people from Atlassian/Pinterest/Uber that are looking for a job in Meta and interested in mock interviewing each other? (Essentially I’d give you a mock interview for Meta and you’d give me a mock interview in return). I’d prefer this as opposed to paying for tagged company mock inter...Read more
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I’m at FB and I like it a lot but I’m curious as to what the best next steps are from FB. Im not looking to move yet (I’d like to reach E5 first most likely) but I don’t really want to work at Google because of what I’ve heard about promotion/career velocity as well as the slower paced environment. ...Read more
What’s the META insider trading window for RSUs? Usually it starts from the 2nd trading day after earnings call and open through the end of following month every quarter, has that been changed lately? CTC: $220K(base + bonus) + Equity
Hi, I am incoming intern at Facebook London (this June). Currently working as Full-stack intern at London based startup. Looking for HRT Swe New grad referral. Thanks :) #engineering #swe #hudsonrivertrading #referral #newgrad
im coming up on about year at Facebook (came in as a new grad) as a SWE primarily doing machine learning engineering. A guy i know at FB (also new grad about a year in FB) recently got recruited by jane street and took their offer. The all-in comp at jane street hes getting is around what would be f...Read more
If I join FB and opt into their 401k plan, can I buy and sell individual stocks and ETFs or will I only be able to buy/sell index and mutual funds? (Have an offer, still negotiating, will post numbers once finalized)
AAPL was building out the iPod back then, which was a huge clunky device. Who could’ve predicted that it was going to evolve into the iPhone and revolutionize the world? META is building out that equivalent of the iPod. Sure it’s a clunky device today, but do you remember how less than 10 years aft...Read more