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.
Does any one know what are the benefits for contractors at Facebook. Also how is the life at Facebook.
I’m getting $68/h for an applications engineer role at FB mpk as contractor, my agency can’t tell me the markup margin. What is the average for this role? Any contractors in here? Edit 1: My contract is about to be renewed, I think that my agency is being greedy, so I’m looking for comparison rates...Read more
Was a manager at Meta in Austin, and was laid off last April with the tech layoffs. It’s been a tough time for managers. I joined as an IC in a startup in Dec 23 but requires me to relocate to bay area this year and go into work 5 days a week. I recently received a TPM CW offer back at Meta (remote)...Read more
Heard from a contractor friend that $META is laying off a significant portion of their contracting resources. @meta folks, what's going on?
I just got approached by a recruiting agency for a contract position for TPM at Meta. Is Meta still hiring contractors? Should I be leary about this? YOE 8 TC - 🥜 (laid off) #tech #hiring #layoffs #meta
In the process of talking with a recruiter for a contractor role doing system eng work at FB as a contractor. Currently working at Segment/Twilio as a FTE. Anyone have any insights on working as a contact for FB specifically in the NY office? Thanks in advance 🙃 TC:135k~ YOE: 5 #facebook #cont...Read more
I was contacted by a recruiter who appears to be from the Meta in-house contractor team for a 12 month contract role in data? I've never done a contractor role before, but the salary calculated from the hourly rate would be more than my current tc. I'm wondering what's the rate of conversion if you ...Read more
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/20/facebook-contractors-filter-digital-labor-dispute-christmas #DeleteFacebook
Folks who were contractors at meta were laid off completely? Tc: 160k #meta #tech
Does anyone know how contracting at Facebook is compared to Google? Currently a contractor at Google and from my time here, I know the manager defines the experience (old manager I had was great, new manager I was moved to was not). Wondering what the experience is as Facebook, are they treated as s...Read more
Just got offered a contract role at Meta. Anyone been a contractor there? If so, what were your thoughts? Would you recommend? Did you make it to full time?
How to apply for Meta contractor jobs? What websites? Interview should be fairly easy #tech
Asking for my girlfriend. She is looking for a contractor job at facebook(QA position). How easy/difficult to get converted to full-time if she does well.
Does Meta allow Contractors to apply for full-time roles or do they need some cool-off period between the roles? #tech #Meta
Is a very hard to convert and is it a black mark on my profile basically? I’m hearing a lot of rumors that people look down on contractors in Meta.
Last week there was a post in Blind from an Accenture employee contracting with Facebook facing inhuman expectations. Looks like this is something planned by Facebook bosses. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-contractor-austin-job-cuts-accenture-break-time-tracked?utm_source=copy-link&utm_me...Read more
Recently laid off from my first job at a no-name startup after 6 months. Right at the beginning of my job hunt, TekSystems contacted me about a 1 year SWE contractor role at Facebook. It's looking like I might receive an offer soon. Even if the role doesn't convert to full time, I could still put F...Read more
Can’t access this because of paywall but would love some insight if anyone has it. 🍿🍿🍿 https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-contractor-austin-job-cuts-accenture-break-time-tracked
Got reached out by a contracting agency about a potential Meta contractor position. He said it’s a C++ and php role for 2-3 yoe, and the salary is $62 hourly. Is it a bit low for Meta? Or normal for my YOE Also what’s the workload for Meta contractor like? I care a lot about wlb, currently working ...Read more
How are contractors treated at Facebook (especially in the Seattle office)? How often do people transition from contract to full time employees?