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.
Lots of good stuff going on. Good teams medium pace.
Good teams medium pace. Hard to enact change. Need to go with the flow
I'm considering joining. Current City: Miami Beach, Florida
As the title says. The new feature is if you swipe left you go to the profile. But when scrolling one hand swiping up can easily can detected as swipe left or right. I constantly getting into the profile of the poster. This is super annoying. Any one internal at Instagram? #instagram #bug
Does instagram actually treats the compression for IOS and Android differently? Do they make a more aggressive compression on Android, and is that why the quality of uploaded Android photos on Instagram is worse than IOS? #meta #instagram
My instagram on Android has been fucked for days. Right now I can't see any new posts or anything. Which one of you fuckers broke the service and then left for holidays?#tech #meta #instagram
Yes, I'm talking about the Apple's privacy policies. I am convinced that a big percentage of iphone users need Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook/Messenger. If this happens, I bet a lot of users would consider to move away from Apple phones just because they can't use Instagram/Whatsapp. And statiscal...Read more
I recently cleared the Android SWE role, and now I'm at the team matching stage. Can anyone provide insights in regards to WLB and growth potential for teams like RL, Whatsapp, Instagram, and FB? Current TC: 108K, YOE: 4
Hi, We have full-time remote roles at FB, IG, and WhatsApp for Android Engineers with 5+ years experience. Feel free to message me. #Facebook #offer #leetcode
I’m currently in team matching for an E5 iOS position in NYC. What does wlb look like for E5 Mobile engineers at Meta? Most of the teams being pushed on me are Instagram — anything to watch out for or teams to avoid? Also wondering what kind of TC I can expect. Seeing mostly around 400K. I don’t hav...Read more
Hello! I have a mobile system design interview coming up and am trying to get a list of questions asked at other companies. Please contribute to this list with your experience :) 1. ride sharing services between three buildings of a campus 2. photo streaming app 3. Instagram stories 4. Design Slack...Read more
Hi, I'm looking for referrals for Facebook/Instagram in NYC for Android developer, I have 2 yoe, 300+ leetcode, normally top 800 on leetcode contest , best was top 200. Would appreciate any help. Thanks.
Anyone else getting an error when you try to tap on the activity feed on IG app? I keep getting "couldn't refresh feed" error msg. Using Android Fix it please 🙏
Hello everyone, Got laid off recently and i am looking for referrals for Senior Android developer. Would greatly appreciate the help. Role: Senior Android developer YOE: 9+ Aiming for TC around 200k #tech #android #androidDeveloper #womenintech #referrals #faang #maang #facebook #google #microso...Read more
google blocked zoom installed on our computers and even though they say browser is ok, i cant get through to a lot of things and my life is on zoom now. mobile is ok, but the screen is tiny. another thing i wanted to improve was seeing instagram lives better since thats where a lot of the content i...Read more
Meta’s products are so bad Facebook is filled with bots and porn. No quality control and it feels like “wish” of social media. Just pure cheap contents with bunch of ads Instagram is a simple app that any new grads can make these days. I don’t even understand why Meta has that many engineers. Produc...Read more
Hi Blind Community, One of my friend who worked as Principal Engineer in India got laid off without any prior notice due to company restructuring My friend has an experience of close to 6 years in Android Domain Asking Blind community to help him since he is getting very few interviewing opport...Read more
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I’m in team matching for Meta E5, but I’m not in a hurry to leave Google. Picking the right team is important to me and I’m hoping for Threads or Instagram (Messenger, FB, WhatsApp, Reality Labs second choice). I have experience with Jetpack Compose and MVVM (as well as Android Native and MVC). P...Read more
I’m in my late 20, all my career(about 7 years), I’ve been doing Android product development. I have around 5 big apps in the play store(WAU > 15millions). I’m pretty good at Java, but only Android part. I don’t want to be developer forever and especially Android, as I don’t want to compete with
Hello. İ don't have a job right now. I'm graduating from law school. But i want to work in us so I'm learning software development since law degree is pretty much useless in foreign countries. İ know Java and JavaScript. I have android app development experience and i build an app and published it ...Read more
For an interview you just have to solve some LC hards and vomit out a rudimentary understanding of system design. Wageslave mission accomplished. Getting a girlfriend: Have money? Who cares so does everyone else! Too short? REJECTED Too ugly? REJECTED Weak Instagram? REJECTED Boring? REJECTED Talk...Read more