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 worked in many companies. Startups from 10 member team to big companies of 80k ppl. I have changed 8+ companies in my career. Never ever I have seen such a bad culture as Facebook. Everyone is working for that PSC. The team has no camaraderie. It’s totally artificial. No one wants to spe...Read more
looks like 14.5-16.5% are gonna be bottom bucketed :( https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-doubles-target-lowest-performance-ratings-non-regrettable-attrition-2022-12 #tech
Hello folks, Curious to hear how your experience at Apple has been after working for Meta. Has it been somewhat seamless or has it been a rocky road adjusting to the culture?
Hi there.. I am trying to understand if PIP culture exists at Meta. I have heard if someone gets two Meets Most in Meta it leads to severance or PIP. Which one is it? Can someone clarify
A recruiter has reached out a couple of times with a Metaverse product marketing job. Currently work at Microsoft where my job is stable and secure, but unfulfilling and dull with minimal career progression. I came here from Amazon where I saw too many good people fired just to meet PIP quotas, and ...Read more
Have an offer from Meta as a software engineer. I’ve heard that Meta for E6 is very intense and they have 15% pip per year. Is this true? Has anyone actually been fired there My priority is wlb, I work <30 hours a week at oracle and have amazing benefits and low stress. We don’t have pip at orac
Can someone who has worked at both companies talk about this Netflix is similar to and different from Meta? Mostly wondering about culture. TC at current stock price: 434k (not including bonuses)
What is facebook culture like currently? After the suicide case, is it getting better?
Not attempting to bash the company here. But do FBers have an elitist personality or something? I graduated with 2 of my other friends and we all work here in the Bay. They both are at FB (one is a Prod Eng, other is a Data Eng). First couple of months went fine, but now it seems like they always j...Read more
For those who have worked at both Meta and Google, which culture do you prefer? From what I’ve read on Blind, this is my understanding: Meta: Slightly higher pay for eng Slightly lower pay for UX Faster paced Code quality is not great Self initiative rewarded More scope overlap between teams Very i...Read more
Is there a blog, deck, or article that outlines Facebook culture? Netflix, Uber, and Amazon publish detailed info about leadership and culture, but haven’t seen much from FB.
Does Facebook has rank and yank culture like Amazon? I know that they fire a lot of people but is it because of performance or for meeting some arbitrary quota?
Hi! Might be interviewing for a FB PM role soon. If anyone can help me out with these thoughts: * Leveling -- how much do incoming levels matter, and what level should one angle for with any particular experience/skills? * Culture -- are PMs smart? * Working remotely -- how receptive do FB teams te...Read more
heard lots of bad things about FB. Trying to evaluate FB vs G, questions: 1. What’s the workload here, is it 996, 995, or 9-9-7? 2. Does Facebook evaluate people based on the actual result or the the time you spent on working? 3. Which one worse, FB or Apple? 4. Given FB brand is not good, would...Read more
I got a nice offer at Meta. How would people at Meta describe the culture these days? Meta Connect seemed pretty cool. TC: $300k
How similar are the leadership principles and cultural values between amazon and FB?
I am having a conversation with one FB recruiter who wants me to apply for a job at FB Infra. There are several positions that match my experience - Linux kernel, hardware bring up, firmware dev... I want to learn more about this group. What is the culture there? Are their projects fun or boring? A...Read more
How is the culture in FB Singapore? How does it differ from Facebook US offices? @Google Austin. TC: 160k. YOE: 8
Meta/Facebook worst PIP culture: https://youtu.be/-a3SZVzl6Wo Thank God I dodged the bullet and rejected Facebook Uplevel offer. Can't imagine how tough it would be for someone to be on PIP. When you see any team-members struggling, you need to support and uplift them try to help that person by p...Read more