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 have interviews scheduled for some embedded SWE roles at Meta. For the interview timeline both the phone screen and all the interviews on the metacareers page are labeled with "Spec SWE", it's not hard to imagine what that means but what does that actually do to my coding/screening rounds and syst...Read more
Is there any company with above specs? Google WLB and culture. Netflix TC, Meta Career Growth. #tech
Just logged into Meta career portal and my offer is gone. I didnt receive any email from recruiter or FB official account. Anyone else in the same boat? Was filling out new hire information like computer specs earlier this week. Thought i was in the clear after no news on Wed, but I guess not?
Got laid off from Microsoft in January. Had a glass of whiskey and made my plans. No time to be depressed. I reached out to all my friends and past network. Did not give into embarrassment or shame. Posted on linked-in that I am looking for job. I was amazed that my friends were so nice and willing ...Read more
Offering referrals for Meta / Facebook! 👍 For a referral you need to 1) Meet the job spec 2) Send me the job listing 3) Not be involved in the recruitment process #referral #meta #facebook
Kind of confused. Reading some of their job description they sound really technical and writing specs oriented. How is product there vs FB and Google?
My boss is forcing me to ship a feature that has not been approved by product to inflate ad revenue at the cost of user experience metrics. This is not the first time I have been forced to merge code by my manager that does not align with PM spec. Last time, I was forced to do this, I merged a fea...Read more
I've always used Windows machine and don't want to transition to anything else. SWE role. I'd need to make selection at some point, but haven't reached equipment selection stage yet. Does FB have a choice for windows laptop? Specs?
Just trying to understand from Facebook folks what does a Research Lead do compaired to a Research Scientist. The spec posted reads more like a Product Manager but from a strong research background.
Now with the prices and some of the specs out (starting at $499 in the US), will you consider buying Meta Quest 3 after its launch on September 27th? Please explain (if you wish) in comments why or why not. I'm on the edge here: happy to hear Quest 2 titles will be available, but will decide when in...Read more
Hello Folks had my onsite last week for Engineering Manager(M2) FB London - the behavioral went extremly great , so was the system design - coding solved one optimally in time and second ran with a hint ( couple of them in fact ) from interviewer and finished. BUT...Product Design kind of messed u...Read more
I’m curious about how product management at Facebook works. Do PMs report to PMs and they give the functional specs and it’s then the engineering managers job to deliver or, does the engineering manager decide what needs to be built ?
Anybody know the process of instagram verification? if its a bullet point type thing or necessary and sufficient conditions type thing then csn u just game the system and go do those specs? can fb employees verify people on a whim lol Age 25 TC 256k yoe 5
I only used Python in my career so far with a little Scala for Spark. For Data Engineering roles being fluent with Python seems sufficient. In Software Engineer specs I see Python listed as a ‘scripting language’ with Java/Scala/C++ listed as an additional minimum requirement. Is the spec ‘overwrr...Read more
Hi, One of my friend is looking for job in the area of LTE/5G Wireless integration testing. He has deep experience on 5G specs, testing and can be useful team member of 6G research as well. Pls let me know if anyone is hiring. #apple #google #samsung #intel #facebook #amazon #lab126
Got a FB referral about a month ago with no interview invite. I tick all the boxes in the job spec, pretty do the same role at another FAANG, and when I check LinkedIn I see <25 people applied. Sent the same CV out to a bunch of other conpanies directly and got invites. Also a recruiter from FB re
Hi there, I am trying to understand the best approach to creating and sharing product specs with stakeholders and developers. Would love to learn the best practices from your companies and experience. I believe this will be immensely helpful for all of us. #pm #product #productmanager @product #pro...Read more
Hi everyone, YOE: 3 Location: NYC I’m a Senior Backend/Full Stack Engineer working at a well known startup in NYC, specialized in creating products from scratch. I’ve generated over 10% of total company revenue at my current role, and have led projects on a large team, working cross functionally w...Read more
Man I need to vent. I'm so tired of trying to design in design systems that aren't built yet. Maybe I'm too high maintenance but everytime I'm lucky enough to get documentation on a component, and that documentation lives in a 60+ page Microsoft word document I feel my head ache. How do other compa...Read more
From what I understand, the top tech companies which include but not limited to Facebook, google, msft, Amazon, etc all have very similar interviewing specs. They interview you on the CS fundamentals, coding, design, etc. and then of course, culture which varies a bit more. What are your thoughts...Read more