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.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/05/meta-broader-ai-labeling Honestly whenever i use IG I wonder if things are manipulated or created through AI -- I guess know we'll know. What do you think of this change? Is this the right direction for AI? I'm guessing most people will say yes but want to hear wh...Read more
Instagram PMs and Meta AI folks, how come your AI is this shit? Get some ChatGPT tokens from @Microsoft instead. Worst part is there is no way to appeal the removal or request manual intervention. And this happening more often now, thrice un last week. #tech #meta #instagram #bug #ai #gpt
Hi, Those who joined Facebook AI as research scientist or research engineer. How do you like it so far? Pros and Cons? I am assuming you were interested in publishing or applied research - so curious to know how it is working out so far. TC: 250k #dataanalytics #datascience #facebook
Anyone know the difference as TPM and PM in AI / ML in Meta ? is there any difference in these role? #product #productmanager
Going to FB soon. Potentially joining the AI infra team. How's the culture of the team? Also WLB and impact. TC: $400k. Yoe: 8
It doesn't even know what platform it's on. What was meta hoping to achieve with this?
Facebook AI reached out for an informational chat. What can you tell me about it? What's the culture? What it's like? How big it is? Is FAIR part of Facebook AI?
I’m pretty happy and successful at Apple. However in the AI/ML space struggle with hierarchy and top-down apple culture. Recently got an offer from meta with a lower base but higher equity… 0. Is the ML scene at meta better than Apple? 1. Is wlb at meta gen ai really horrible? 2. Should I be worr...Read more
Is the meta AI assistant on whatsapp secure and private? Is there any privacy setting to take care of? Thanks. #tech
I passed my onsite a month ago and have had a few team matches. Was at Meta previously, and had a great experience. My impression is that the new team match system isn’t that effective. Of the three matches I got, none are super exciting to me. But I’m considering moving forward with one since it’...Read more
Hi I gave interview in AI infra hardware team last month and got positive reviews on my interview . I have 6 years experience at Intel - AMD. I got approved from meta for IC4 but not IC5 . All the openings closed by the time I got my results and meta recruiter said the interview results are very po...Read more
It’s kinda a slap on the face for Zuckerberg to see top AI folks leave Meta. For a long time, the company had great culture and took good care of its people. The layoffs hit and started a dog eats dog culture. With three rounds of layoffs, Meta just signaled that they don’t care about its people and...Read more
how does one join facebook ai? for SDEs you do the bootcamp, pick a team and join. what about AI teams? can someone please shed some light into this.
Which org is the best org to work on Gen AI thing? Best meaning: enough interesting work, build real product and large enough scope
Interested in an AI research engineer position. Currently doing deep learning and computer vision as a research engineer. A FB recruiter reached out recently, but I don't feel ready just yet. Could someone shed light on what the process looks like?
Can anyone from the company shed some light on wlb and growth in the teams at FB AI infra? Don’t have an offer yet, just trying to evaluate. For SWE #facebook