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.
Which of the top tech companies have the best upward mobility? FAANG or any of the other top payers etc. I.e. I heard Meta is great for comp but awful for upward mobility? TC: 0 (sabbatical) YOE: 11
Can you please share your experience of sabbatical on h1b visa? Was there any hiccups due to visa? What's your company policy towards sabbatical? I know adobe gives a month paid sabbatical on completing 5 yrs at work. Is there any other company like that? I will be okay with non paid sabbatical t...Read more
Hey - Im trying to figure out if people where paid their recharge (or sabbatical) time off when they where laid off at Meta. These are interesting times we live in and I want to take advantage of everything we got in case there are future lay-offs. #meta #layoffs
Heard from someone that Uber has a sabbatical like Facebook. What are the details and how widely is it used? Thanks. TC : 280k
As title says, leaving Meta (first FAANG experience) after 6 months because wlb is terrible (oncalls heavy teams + not getting along with current manager). Should I mention it on my CV to show I that I could get into it or just claim this time to be sabbatical? Also, I am actively interviewing, shou...Read more
A friend works at Facebook and is unsatisfied with the work environment. She has a small kid + 60 hours work week so can't find time after work to prep. She wants to take about 6 weeks of sabbatical/unpaid time off to prep. Anyone did this before? Any hacks to get such a time off approved by manager...Read more
Is it time to quit? 31, 9 yoe, 450k tc, 1.1m nw, 7 years at G It might be time to take a year off of work to travel. But the lizard part of my brain has some serious worries. I have an easy rest-and-vest project right now, probably at my computer 4 hours/day. I spend several months of each year...Read more
I am Waiting for the recruiter infos about the interview process for EM M1 at Meta. During the call he mentioned Behavioural and Design I guess. What is the interview process? And any materials for preparing for the interview? The recruiter asked if I want to be considered for E6. I said I prefer E...Read more
I am thinking of a sabbatical next year. I will quit, take some time off to recharge before I start interview prep and to look for the next play. How much time off do you think is safe. Here are some parameters, I have spent ~14 years in FANG, currently E6@Facebook working on ML. I will target L6/L7...Read more
I've recently failed my FB interview for an L6 role (SDE). According to the feedback, my behaviour and design interviews were fine. The problem was with my coding: got "inclined with concerns" for my first task (medium difficulty) and completely failed my second task (hard difficulty). I am not dum...Read more
Fb recruiter reached to me about senior PM roles. One of my friends has been bugging me about referring me. Which route is more promising? I think going with recruiter is better for me, but not as good for my friend, who misses out on potential referral bonus. Thoughts? TC: 0 (sabbatical, was $16...Read more
I have an offer from Meta that I'm almost certainly going to reject in favor of taking a career sabbatical in Europe. I'm curious if anyone knows what the consequences would be of: 1. Rejecting the offer now 2. Accepting the offer (maintains optionality in case I change my mind) and possibly quitti...Read more
Recently laid off and found these to be helpful. Sharing for those who are in the same boat. A breath of fresh air https://www.businessinsider.com/fire-blame-ceo-tech-employee-layoffs-google-facebook-salesforce-amazon-2023-2 This great post from late last year https://www.teamblind.com/post/2-year...Read more
So meta just paid the lower performer and quite quitters 1 year salary for free! Update: you work there 5+ years (pretty common) sipping khombucha and can now take 1 year sabbatical despite being a low performer who got pip’d “Severance. We will pay 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks ...Read more
Hello everyone, Hope you all are having a nice day. I'm looking for referrals. I'm on a sabbatical right now and planning to join the workforce in a month or so. Location: India (remote or hybrid) Prev TC: 80L YOE: 7.5 years Please drop a comment so I can DM you my info. Any help is appreciated. ...Read more
Hello everyone, Hope you all are having a nice day. I'm looking for referrals. I'm on a sabbatical right now and planning to join the workforce in a month or so. Location: India (remote or hybrid) Prev TC: 80L YOE: 7.5 years Please drop a comment so I can DM you my info. Any help is appreciated. ...Read more
Hi blind, I left META a few months ago for a sabbatical and passed the Google interview loop for an L7 PM but was cleared for L6 by hiring committee. Possible to get L7 once I have a team match according to recruiting but I'm flexible on my level. The challenge has been finding a team match. There...Read more
Just failed FB phone screen. Feels bad. 1st problem was straight from LC top frequency problems, which I solved perfectly. 2nd problem was closer to bottom of the list and I hadn’t quite gotten to it yet, even though I should have figured it out anyways it was so simple. But I chose “sliding window”...Read more
Hello, blinders. Having a first call with a FB recruiter for a PM position this week. I know this is only the first stage, but I wanted to see if any FBookers or other people who have interviewed with them in the past have any tips: how technical should I expect the interview to be, skills I should...Read more