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 thought I would share my experience and pay it forward. i received an IC6 offer for Business Dev role at Facebook the initial offer was: $207k base 20% bonus $160k RSU over four years round 1: i countered with $200k RSU and $275k base- and said I would be open to it being paid in stock instead...Read more
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How is work on the Meta Business Suite for SWEs? How is growth and is work interesting? #engineering #software #swe #meta
I’m curious how Facebookers view the Business Integrity team? Recruiter reached out for a PM role. How’s the team morale? Are the projects interesting? (presumably some ML applications).
Hi, I have an onsite interview with Facebook for Business Analyst position. What should expected in terms of interview rounds and questions. Thanks.
Hi, I am preparing for an interview at Facebook. I really need to get this one, would really appreciate any help. 1. Would appreciate any insights on what to expect for a Business Analyst Interview? case questions, behavioral, SQL, Data modeling? 2. Any other broad areas to be covered for prep? W...Read more
Anyone knows what offer package can be expected for a business integrity associate at Facebook? Base/RSUs/Bonus/sign on bonus? With 3 yoe
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Have a ph interview coming up for business engineer role? How different it is compared to general swe? Anything to keep in mind? Currently: Sr. Lead at Capital One YOE 12 years
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The situation: a current Meta employee wants to become a minor shareholder (between 5 and 10%) of a private limited company in the UK. Does anyone have the actual experience of requesting the «prior written approval» (or similar), to be fully safe while doing the side business? No contracts, direct...Read more
I was contacted by a Meta recruiter for Business Engineer role and while discussing things I made a naive mistake of letting the recruiter know my current compensation (190K) and said I'd at least expect a 20-25% hike in it. At this time I was not interested in the role so much and in my head I was ...Read more
Very disappointed. I hope you guys revisit business ethics 101 https://www.engadget.com/amp/2018/06/08/facebook-reportedly-sold-user-data-to-businesses-in-secret-deals/
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Hi All, How much base pay, signing bonus and RSUs should we expect to be offered for business system analyst position at Facebook?
Assuming marketing and recruiters were the majority of the layoffs. I have not heard any sales teams getting the axe though, does anyone have insight into which teams were impacted?
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Wonder anyone has any knowledge for bellow? - what’s the job function between business engineer role and general SDE role? - what’s the difference for interview expectation? Many thanks !!#meta #businessengineer #engineering #software