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.
Was laid off Meta as a PM 4 months ago Meta: $173k base TC $210ish Public job: $130k base TC$135k Everyone I know is taking a cut in this market but this hurts … take it and keep applying? Rough market especially for PMs (14 yoe)
A $10K investment in 2012 would be worth over $1M today. https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/sectors/sp500-how-much-10000-invested-in-metas-ipo-11-years-ago-is-worth-now/ Which are the 100x stocks of today (that will 100x in the next 10 years)?
Meta layoff amounts to 25%(21k out of 88k), Round 1 layoffs in Amazon, Microsoft, Google are ~5%. 2023 will be a blood bath for tech sector. It will be worse than most people can even imagine. TC: 310 till employed
I feel the below domains are riskiest in no specific order Finance/Payments sector - Robinhood, Stripe, PayPal, etc AdTech sector - Google, Meta, etc Real Estate sector - Zillow, etc CRM - Salesforce, etc delivery - doordash, Uber, Grubhub, Instacart, etc E-commerce - EBay, Amazon( Consumer org ) ...Read more
Share your list of stocks you are buying in this mega sale of stocks. To start with: Tech Sector: AMZN META Non-Tech Sector: Index Funds: Blind Tax: TC: 600k YoE: 19
see title. So many tech companies have sectors in Tel Aviv #meta #google #apple #amazon #microsoft
Stripe, Lyft , twitter and facebook are firing employees. Are banking sector next ? Discuss
Elon Musk proves it. Tech companies can lay off 75% of workers and manage much better with its finances. This decade proves to be a scary one. Massive lay offs in tech sector coming in as companies realize they can trim workers for higher profit. Benefits going to be cut (and is being cut): look at ...Read more
I have spent ~5 years at Meta NYC as Engineering Manager, now looking for a change. I haven't looked at the job market at all, even when I joined Meta, a recruiter had reached out to me. I was in financial sector before Meta for 10 years I'm wondering what are other companies in NYC that this group...Read more
Stock is down big after hours. Great way to kill the momentum of the Nasdaq breaking out 4% today. I feel as if Meta failed to keep the party going and now will take the tech sector back down with it tomorrow. Step it up Meta! Pip the slackers we need Meta to perform or else companies will join Meta...Read more
During the pandemic lots of tech became hot to work for like Google, Meta, Microsoft etc. Many folks believed FAANG were the most prestigious companies to work for during 2015-2022. Now with Layoffs, folks have changed their perception on what makes a company prestigious i.e job security vs high TC...Read more
Please mention names of companies that offer business class travel for domestic sectors and for what starting level. Example format: Facebook : Yes : L8 Director + Amazon : No : NA
Seems the entire tech sector now is more or less ROI and cuts happen on the go even though companies have been making record profits. having too many mba’s have ruined the innovation and companies now have become completely profit and loss vs focusing on enng and innovation? Just a take. MBA’s don’...Read more
Any insights into working for Meta/Facebook as a low- entry point contractor. Same pay as I make in the public sector, but I feel like the opportunity for career growth is much greater moving to Meta. I have a pretty sweet gig in public sector, great management, good schedule, 75% remote which is di...Read more
Can someone who worked at Fb give overview of swe roles in Product and Infrastructure teams? Differences in terms of - WLB - Pay scale - Impact and growth opportunity - different teams in both sectors - work culture - any examples? #engineering #software #swe #facebook
Mean while on CSMajors, seems like the tech sector has really gone down hill eh? https://www.reddit.com/r/csMajors/comments/xtmlvz/unable_to_find_anything_now_applying_for_fast/ #amazon #google #meta #layoffs #economy #twilio TC: 200 YOE: 0
Looking for a new adventure outside of public sector. Been an honor to serve our veterans for last five years. YoE: 11 private sector/5 public sector TC: 140k in middle Merica LCoL 100% remote Anyone from the following that can provide referral? #redhat #discord #wayfair #meta #amazon
Hi! I’m a about to graduate from my masters program in microelectronics. I’m looking for someone from Meta that could refer me. I’m looking in the Hardware sector. Thank you! #hardware #interview #semiconductor #semiconductor #meta #job
There are some great opportunities for PM and TPM in the Oculus team at FB. I'm in the defense sector working on commercial hardware, trying to make a switch in industries. Can someone offer a referral? #facebook #referral
I’m a government contractor trying to transition into the tech sector. I have been offered a contractor role (non-tech)at Meta and an FTE position at TikTok. I’m just trying to get my foot-in-the-door. Which position would be more beneficial to go from consulting to the tech sector? TC 164k