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.
So Mark Zuckerberg just posted this https://about.fb.com/news/2023/03/mark-zuckerberg-meta-year-of-efficiency/ I think its a very interesting write up and worth noting they will lift hiring freezes once the reorganization is done. Otherwise what are some examples of low priority teams at Meta and ...Read more
With the recent layoffs at Google, Amazon, etc and hiring freeze at other companies like Salesforce, are there chances that Meta also goes into a hiring freeze? I'm currently in team matching phase, so should I rush to choose the first team available or wait for the right team according to my prefe...Read more
Hey, passed the Meta interviews and have an E4 offer in NYC but stuck in the team matching process for about a month now. Had an interview with one hiring manager so far last week and heard nothing. Recruiter has been unbelievably unresponsive. Looking at AR/VR, core infra, and monetization pillars....Read more
Hi, I've been in team matching in NYC for a while now so thought I'd try here. I have lots of experience in payments and ads so if you have an opening lmk :)
So I had a loop a few months back, been in team match with no matches ever since. Recruiter kept in touch throughout, this week they told me it’s been awhile and they gonna close my application as there’s no matches. Is there some reorg going on? Budget cuts? Is this an unusual situation or is it n...Read more
Hey all I have a verbal offer from Meta as a swe. However I've been on team matching for a month now. Does anyone know any team in NYC with an open headcount? #meta #swe
Passed the interview for E6 this week and started the team match process. Don't mind working long hours but good team culture and manager are really critical. Worked on mostly backend and infra in the past. Any advice on which pillar to choose or to avoid? No offer details before team match. Curren...Read more
Hey Meta folks. If anyone knows a team in infra that is hiring hit me up. Wanna help my recruiter during team matching:) Thanks in advance. Edit: Yes software engineer roles thank you. Edit: Ok TC approaching 500k (equity ride)
Hi guys, Want to check if it is happening to me only or people start to get this this week. I recently passed E4 interview in Feb and I've been waiting for team matching. So far I got 2 team matchings but didn't work out. So I end up open to any team and location except RL. Today, I got a voice ma...Read more
I've recently received an E5 offer from Meta. And I've been matched with the following teams for discussion. Ads Bidding Infra Lite Monetization (FB Lite and WebLite) Signals Utilization (under CAP Core) Ads ML Automation Can someone help me evaluate the teams in terms of expectat...Read more
Hi folks, I have been in Meta team matching for E5 MLE for 5 weeks now. Is any hiring manager here willing to help? Thank you. #teammatching #engineering #software #swe #mle
Hi, I'm talking to a few teams in meta for E5 swe team matching, can someone tell how is Reality labs doing? Team in Ads vs Reality labs which one would be better in terms of impact? Moreover can someone recommend some teams if i want to work in C++ Tc: 80 lpa Yoe: 6 #meta
The Team Match E5 seemed like not going anywhere. 10+ yoe backend / infra swe in mpk area. Passed interview last month. Week 3 in team match now. Looking for help if any! TC: 0 🍌#tech #meta
Any Meta team or manager hiring for E5 MLEs in Los Angeles? I passed the interview but it doesn’t seem to be any MLE openings in LA. #engineering #software #swe #mle #interview
Passed onsite, onto team match. Recruiter ghosted for weeks now, after saying I would start team match. Is this normal? Really disappointed by how unprofessional they have been. Yoe 12 Tc 500k
I've just entered the team matching phase for a Meta London E5 position. I have a few questions: 1. How long has it taken for recent hires to complete this phase? I understand that the process used to be different before the layoffs, with a bootcamp phase. I'm trying to gauge whether it will take m...Read more
Should I join the meta, all team including the manager and the senior manager are Chinese I am concerned about career growth due to inherent bias and work life balance Anybody has same experience in past what decision they took ? I am not biased against any community but this is the fact #swe #e...Read more
Just passed HC as IC5, Menlo Park. What to expect in team matching from recruiter? I gave recruiter my field of interests: FAIR, infra backends, Reality labs. Thank you in advance for your guidances/comments. Tax: 187k, 7 YOE.
#offer Update: Heading to FB because of career growth in the future. Thank you all for the advice. It was super helpful! ---------------- Hi blinders, I am helping a friend to make a post comparing 2 offers he got. Apple ict3 SDE: TC: 200K+bonus+Refresh Base: 150K Stock:200K Sign-on: 50K (us...Read more