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.
Headline: Zuck announces that Meta will begin ramping hiring back up after record Q4 profits . Are we going to ignore the fact that engineers got laid off within a week of joining after relocation? #engineering #meta
I did an on-site Meta interview for E6, and all the sessions went very well, answered all the questions. ( Double checked my answers in leet code) But still got rejected and recruiter didn't give me any feedback. and she put me into one year cycle. That's very odd. Any thoughts? what can I do bet...Read more
I searched for meta layoffs on Linkedin, and 80% of them are engineering leaders and UX researchers
Looks like META is planning broader layoffs and putting downward pressure on performance reviews. Best friend’s manager told him that he will fight for meets expectations (mid) but it could be meets most (next step down). Anyone in the PSC process know if it’s true that there’s active grade deflatio...Read more
I am hearing rumors that Meta is open to rehiring people that were laid off if there is a match to a specific role. Does anyone know how to find out more about those? If you have tips please share or DM. #tech #layoffs #meta
What are good places to move from Meta, to get comparable TC and better WLB current TC: 550K (with stock increase) E5 Looking for ~430k options with better WLB and similar level
Hi blinders, I interviewed at Meta for an E5 position and negotiated with the recruiter up until Friday where I verbally accepted the offer and reviewed the final numbers on the portal. However when I log into my career profile I see: “We're working on your offer documents. You'll receive an email ...Read more
This guy Ashok Chandwaney pulled no punches when it comes to denounce FB profiting from hate. What are you thoughts? Any insiders to provide some insight?#tech #hatespeech #facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/resignation-letter-from-facebook-engineer/0538edee-7487-4822-956a-e880c2024324/...Read more
Was preparing for my second round interview for a Product Analytics DS position with FB/Meta that was set for the next week (after asking for a week push due to a go-live being pushed at work), and was then informed at the end of last week that the Data Science positions are going through a hiring f...Read more
Some quality nuggets from the recent all hands (if this article is to be believed) https://www.theverge.com/23277797/mark-zuckerberg-meta-facebook-employees-pressure “Realistically, there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn’t be here,” Zuckerberg said on the June 30th call, ac...Read more
Full disclosure I was laid off from Meta in November. I only have gratitude for Meta. I served for many years and got a great severance. The projects I worked on helped me land another role at a smaller company in January. Smaller pay package but interesting work. Feel sorry for the folks who w...Read more
https://www.wsj.com/articles/metas-mark-zuckerberg-says-he-is-accountable-as-company-preps-for-mass-layoffs-11667941107 published Tuesday 4:18 PM ET "Meta Platforms Inc. will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday. Th...Read more
For context, I am a new grad and got an offer from Meta a while back which I had to sign because I had no other offers at the time. I just got an offer from Google for a really cool team that works with cutting edge technology and the team at Meta has a pretty standard tech stack. How do I go about...Read more
why can't corporate overlords listen to employees? "At Amazon, warehouse workers have shown support for corporate colleagues, noting they have nothing to gain if office workers lose flexibility that the pandemic proved possible." - NYT article (https://archive.ph/Y6RnI) Ironically, today -- "Meta ...Read more
I have looked at what has happened in recent days to the stock price of Meta's competitors like Snap and Pinterest and have determined that the market hasn't yet fully priced in the effects of reduced advertising spending into Meta's stock price. After the next earnings call things will become crys...Read more
Inspiring story https://www.businessinsider.com/software-engineer-salary-journey-meta-apple-oracle-2024-4 Copy-pasting most relevant part from the article, the TC history Oracle 2012-2014: $15,000 total compensation Grad School 2014-2016: $0 total compensation Student loan debt: $65,000 Apple 2016...Read more
Aren't you guys building the metaverse? Did someone break it? 🤷♂️ Also Meta has amazing products, unlike the shitty stuff we build. 🤡😛 TC: 420K
I transitioned from AWS (5 years) to FB (Infra) more than a year back. We recently had a discussion of ex-Amazonians to share experience with FB transition. Summarizing my personal experience and others experience so that you know what you are signing up for. This is mostly applicable for E5+. TLDR...Read more