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.
1) Undergrad in some private college in India 2) Work in some software company in India 3) Come for masters in US university 4) Get a job in FAANG or similar company 6) Start traveling around Bay Area 7) Travel to other states (Las Vegas, Hawaii etc.) 8) Become a travel Instagram influencer
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Have 400k invested in s&p 500 at 27 years old. Parents offered me to live 2 years rent free at a fourplex they own near a college campus. I’m thinking I quit my job and go live off $40,000 emergency fund at the fourplex and shoot YouTube videos on campus to start and grow my YouTube channel. Would ...Read more
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I am 25 turning 26 very soon. I’ve realized I’ve lost touch with a majority of my friends from high school and college. I’ve also never had a girlfriend and have had a very dry dating life. I have 0 hope in finding a solid friend group now and going to interesting concerts, events with them. I’m...Read more
I went to my alma mater and pretended to be a college student again (I’m 29 and pretty skinny so I easily look 22)… when trying to make friends, the number one method to connect is: “Do you have snapchat?”, “Add me on snap chat”. There were some who asked for instagram instead. Maybe one or two ask...Read more
Doing good with job here at India. Being from a rural background and graduating from a tier 3 college, made my path well and with my earnings, my parents and me always looked up myself as a benchmark for success with my career. Whenever I hear regarding to travel USA and settle there from my wife it...Read more