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.
Phone screen coming up soon. Would Meta tagged leet problems of the past 6 months be enough for the preparation?
Meta L6 TC : 650 + 100sign on - has refreshers every year, but I don't know how much - 3X more parental leave (there's chance I will need it) - 3 more PTOs Coupang Sr staff TC: - year 1: 817 + 50 sign on - year2: 817 - year3: 940 - From level fyi Sr staff here means Meta's high T6 low T7 - but with...Read more
Hello! I have Airbnb G10 offer (240 base + 25% bonus + RSUs 1.1M/4yr = 575k/yr) and expecting Meta E6 tomorrow. Airbnb role is in infra for which I have specialized skills. Meta role is general SWE archetype in Monetization pillar. I value WLB, or at least flexibility. I have two kids under 3. Me...Read more
Levels.fyi says Facebook senior staffs earn 1.38m per year which is much higher than the industry average. (Ex Google = 722k, uber = 880k, Amazon = 915k for senior principal). Is this compensation accurate? Any reason for such high comp?
Hello folks, I am currently deciding between Coupang and Meta. Pro of Coupang: 1)I think the ML tech at Coupang is pretty solid. And I get to touch on Core ML. 2)Coupang pays 10% to 15% more than Meta, even considering Meta’s refresh (averaged over 4 years). 3) in Bay Area Con of Coupang: 1) the...Read more
Can Facebook match LinkedIn staff salary for an E5 position? LinkedIn offers $800K+ in RSUs
Hi! L6 at amzn and i have verbal yes from both meta and uber. Looking for any feedback for culture about Uber L6. I have verbal offers from both. I will update the numbers when i have them. Yoe-12 Tc-475k Sharing verbal offer: Meta: 240/100/1000 ->; 250/100/1200 Uber: 250/50/1400 ->; in few d
Hi Folks, my friend is currently working as Principal Engineer at Walmart, and recently he received an offer from Meta/FB as Staff Engineer(e6). But staff is a lower level at Walmart, so does he get downleveled? Which level is higher between Walmart principal engineer and Meta/FB staff engineer? #...Read more
This is the same company that has being doing all the wrong things with people’s data, manipulating elections, and more. https://archive.is/R96B0
L65 at MSFT got an offer of Staff at Twitter and Senior at FB. Comp is 100k higher at Twitter (450 vs 350) Should I goto FB or Twitter? Both in Seattle?
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Currently I am senior engineer at visa, now I got an offer from FB London for E4 and my manager is talking about my promotion to Staff engineer ( I didn’t mention I had another offer yet) What should I do ? Join Facebook : I believe get good technical learning, hands on implementation and large s...Read more
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For a staff engineer at other companies (Twitter in my case). How do I prepare and pass interview at Google or Facebook for staff level engineer? What are the expectations of the interview performance?
Currently E5 at Facebook. Interviewing for staff at LinkedIn Assuming compensation is the same or better
Hi, I'm talking with recruiters in Uber and Meta for Staff roles (5b/E6). I've heard that currently the max offer is 400k for Uber staff level, is this accurate? Seems much lower than 1 year ago. What about Meta, anyone knows what to expect in this market for E6? In short, I'm wondering if it's wo...Read more
Offer amount are almost same. With Twitter slightly higher (just 40K more) in the third and fourth year added. I am a mother of a 9-12 month old baby. Will I be crazy if I choose facebook, whose WLB doesn't sound good for young mom? Result: Choose FB Offer numbers for both are in the comments below...Read more