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 my FB onsite in a couple days. Do I need to know Union Find for the interviews? I haven't studied it at all and if I do, then I'll spend the next days studying that. Otherwise I'd rather spend my time doing regular leetcode /studying system design. TC 240k
I'm not sure if setting a percentage for mandatory minimums and creating PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) victims is actually helpful. It does make sense to penalize truly underperforming individuals, but do maintaining quotas only create fear? Also, employee rights in the US are brutally harsh, ...Read more
I'm new in the US, but in previous jobs in the industry I've always been a member of a union, and I would like to be so again. Just in case I get into trouble with HR or whatever. I saw the Google employees had created a union, and I wonder if there's a similar support network at Facebook? Somewhere...Read more
Remember the ancient mantra of 2 months ago: - It's their platform and they can do whatever they want. - It's not censorship because the government's not the one doing it. https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/facebook-workplace-unionize/
Tesla is one of the most evil companies today... In 2017 and 2018, as some workers sought to form a union at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company was paying a consultancy, MWW PR, to monitor employees in a Facebook group and more broadly on social media, ac...Read more
“Grindr has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize” https://fortune.com/2023/09/07/grindr-rto-fired-half-of-staff-return-to-office-mandate/amp/ #misc #rtt #rto #amazon #google #meta ...Read more
Hi All, I have my technical screening round in a few days with Meta. 1. Does anyone know what level of leetcode questions I should expect for Meta Phone Interview for a Data Engineer position. (They said I can expect 5 SQL and 5 DSA questions within 1 hour.) 2. Also, do they ask only to code and w...Read more
How do people working at Apple/Google/ Facebook/Linkedin and living in Union City commute to work in South bay ? Do these companies have shuttle stops in Union City? #apple #linkedin #facebook #google #housing
I’m just disappointed. I feel like I don’t have any mental space to go for interviews... I try to aim for some kind of head start and be early in applying. I would be immensely grateful for any help on referrals within the European Union, or maybe just some encouraging words :(. 4 YOE TC: 90k, non-...Read more
I’m thinking of leaving an SF walking commute for a shuttle commute to FB. Leaving Van Ness/Union. I’ve never commuted so I’m curious: how is the shuttle journey? Can you get work done? Overall trying to figure out how unpleasant it is, and how much it should discourage me from taking an otherwise...Read more
https://ground.news/article/tesla-monitored-its-employees-on-facebook-with-help-of-pr-firm-during-2017-union-push_c6def2
Should FAANG+ tech workers should start a union. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/15/us/amazon-workers.html?referringSource=articleShare #amazon #google #meta #netflix #apple #tech
What are the best arguments against unions? From a 10,000 foot standpoint, unions give employees the power to fight for what they are worth. While competition makes up for part of this fight, unions fill in the rest. #amazon #meta #google #microsoft
Would you join a union if offered? Why, why not explain below. #google #Facebook #amazon #netflix #microsoft #apple
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/02/tesla-paid-pr-firm-to-surveil-employees-on-facebook-in-2017-union-push.html
Topological sort Dijkstra's DAG shortest path Bellman Ford union find Kruskals MST Are there any others that I should know? Have onsites at Citadel FB Google Microsoft Robinhood Roblox Snap Stripe TikTok Twitter Two Sigma Uber Instacart YoE 2 Tc 200 #engineering #software #swe #google #fb
I've heard that labour laws in countries like Germany and Japan are very protective. Add to that the presence of labour unions. Does that make firing people based off of PIPs anymore difficult/trickier? or does it only affect company wide layoffs. #google #swe #pip #layoffs #meta #microsoft #apple ...Read more