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.
Received an offer from Facebook for an IC5 role. While I know Facebook has annual stock refreshers, my offer letter doesn’t mention it anywhere. Approximately what % of base (or % of initial RSU grant) can I expect as annual refresher?
I got an offer for FB E5 (200k base / 700k stock over 4 years / 50k sign on). I don't fully understand how equity refreshers work, and what the recruiter told me conflicts with what I saw on blind. From blind, I see ~120k refresher for meets expectations. Does this mean I get the following equity i...Read more
Meta is one of the few Big Techs that has generous and guaranteed refreshers irrespective of how high your initial grant was or how much your previous stocks have grown (Sorry Amazon and Microsoft). These refreshers stack up and makes your TC continue to go higher in the first 4 years. Each refresh...Read more
Can someone please confirm 2024 Google and Meta L6 refreshers, bonus % and base for post cliff regular rewards.
Considering an L6 offer. Is it true that I should expect a significant cliff at four years? I heard that refreshers are low/none even if you are a strong (but not exceptional) performer?
I am joining Facebook next month. What are the stock refreshers like (%ge of initial stocks)?
Hi fellow blinders, Who has better stock refreshers? Meta or Apple At Apple, you can relatively easily get ~70%-80% of your salary in Refreshers every year, so in 4 years your TC is your base +80%(4 refreshers stacked at 1/4 of 80% every year) of your base + appreciation. How does that work at Met...Read more
What were 2023 Meta RSU Refresh targets for Exceeds Expectation for E6, E7 and E8? 2022 Base refreshers (US): E5: $175k E6: $274k E7: $480k E8: $850k Rating multipliers: EE: 1.25x GE: 1.65x RE: 2.5x #rsu #refreshers
What’s the refresher targets for e3/4/5/6 and what are rating multipliers now? Are multipliers the same for bonus?
Meta 2021 refreshers. Granted March 2022. These are the RSU refreshers and bonus targets for Meets-All. Vested 25:25:25:25. Vesting starts immediately. Each vesting period is 3 months. Definitive table: IC3 - 48K. Bonus target 10% IC4 - 88K. Bonus target 15% IC5 - 175K. Bonus target 15% IC6/M1 2...Read more
Anyone knows the target refresh for E7 SWE? At Google the numbers for L7 SWE are all over the place starting from as low as 220K. 400K seems to be the highest I have heard. What about Facebook?
For MA,e5 how consistent are the refreshers at Facebook? Do they give out every year? Any skips in the past? #software #swe
What is the annual stock refresher amount for E4 at Facebook? For MA rating? For Exceeds?
Hi, received an L3 offer from Meta. Recruiter mentioned I'd get refreshers from mid 40's to high 50's depending on my performance on February. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this. Do I just get free 40-50k every year? Is it 45k / 4 years? Do I get this amount the year after I join ...Read more
How much are Facebook refreshers for E4? TC $175k YOE 3.5 FB TC 177k 400k 75k
Joined from Amazon where I was getting 0 refreshers even when I got Top Tier because of my initial grant for 3 years. My first refresher at Meta today and got 500K (350K regular + 150K additional by Director) which is same as my TC. This is Even when my rating is Exceeds (which is true for 60-70% o...Read more
If I was to join meta in March 2022, will I be eligible to get refreshers this cycle in January/Feb 2023? TC 170k