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.
Seeing more than 90% content based on their suggestions and hardly any of what I already follow. Screw that I am out! 180 3
Meta stock fell about 15% after they reported their earnings at market close. I think the reason for the fall is the tiktok ban and conditions around it. I think the big guys know tiktok is gonna be swooped up by some American company. It would be stupid not to. They make money, people like it and ...Read more
Can’t believe Twitter was years ahead of the competition of TikTok and IG Live and somehow fumbled both.
The lawsuit, filed in December 2020 by the Federal Trade Commission, centers on Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, which the FTC argues stifled competition in the market for social networks 🔗 https://www.barrons.com/news/meta-asks-us-judge-to-toss-blockbuster-antitrust-case-e98ed3e5 #...Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/01/tiktoks-potential-ban-in-us-could-be-boon-for-meta-and-snap.html Apparently it is finally happening - some CCP spokesperson commented it is not fair to do so, but someone should remind them Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, many Google products are already bann...Read more
For those that are Non-Indian. This is an ad that popped on Instagram to consult an astro guy who will advise you on your future. Transcript: Random guy: my company is laying off folks. Is my job safe? The Astro guy (with a random guess): Right now your career is strong. You job is 100% safe Rand...Read more
Got an offer from Snap and is hesitated if I should move. Stock just 3x and is a bit worried if there is still upside or will be downhill. Folks in snap, how is the company recently, are you guys still confident with the growth even after covid? How is the competition with Instagram and tiktok?
This company should be broken up. how the hell was it ever allowed to acquire WhatsApp or instagram. Were the lawmakers sleeping? 😴 I read that it's not really a change, but updated terms to reflect what's already happening. But this just made me question how the f did those acquisitions even make...Read more
Why do companies freely outsource jobs across the world for cheap labor, but then they block insourcing foreign companies that offer cheap products? I'm trying to better educate myself on this. Seems like a lot of Chinese cars would rival Tesla and Huawei would rival Apple. And recently TikTok comp...Read more
Some pros: - allow billions of people to connect with friends, family, hobbies, etc. (FB/IG/WA) - kept TC bar high, didn’t collude in salary fixing, some of the best benefits in the industry - open source contribution (PyTorch/React) and pushing new technologies in Metaverse/FAIR/etc Some cons: - C...Read more
The impeachment with only one week left in presidency is because they scared Biden further divide nation and they don't want Trump to run again. Nothing else. Parler shut down for hate speech, but same speech exist in Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Current tech companies saw a potential competit...Read more
Usually they recover fine but this time feels different, they are actually bleeding users and revenues declining, that's never happened... If they headed in that direction even remotely, in the past they would just acquire new platforms to keep growing (eg. Insta, WhatsApp etc) but now the gov't won...Read more
You can't meeting and press conference your way to a killer product. That's why very few products at big companies are made when it's not a startup. Google Search - Google was a startup when it made this Google Maps -acquired Microsoft Office -acquired YouTube -acquired Microsoft Windows -first...Read more
These layoffs will not end if the government does not step in. The solution can be introducing public alternatives to Google , Instagram, and Amazon. Introducing public alternatives could provide users with more choices, ensuring a diverse and competitive digital environment. By promoting healthy c...Read more
It is no secret that Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram are losing users, although they monetize better over time with better algorithms and pushing the limits of privacy. The competitions is getting fierce - Snapchat, Signal, Telegram, Tiktok, Parler etc. are popular alternatives. Each country has th...Read more
There’s considerable news bashing Zuck (sometimes rightfully so) and how much money is being spent on R&D of the metaverse ($20billion+/year) People are forgetting that adoption of new technology takes time and tweaking. Meta is far ahead of its competition at the moment. Horizon Workspaces, while ...Read more
Saw this on her Instagram @tingconway. I follow her because she post weekly housing data in Bay Area. Here’s excerpt from latest: You might have been experiencing the slowdown of the market. It is not because of the economy, but mainly because people have been on summer vacation. Competition might...Read more
So I turned to social media and it makes me feel a lot better. I’m honestly like so much happier. I created a private IG account, no followers, only following the content I want to watch. Only getting fed on things I chose to watch. Also, it’s easier to compare oneself when people are close to you s...Read more
Currently negotiating between my top 3 offers in Data/ML, with 10 YOE. How would you rank them overall, based on WLB, compensation, prestige and durability, future stock outlook (based on competitive landscape), and culture? FB - E5 is 200k base, 650k RSUs, and 50k signon Slack - Staff Engineer (L...Read more
As the title suggests, looking for referrals for SWE roles. Got an offer form Salesforce few months ago but didn't join because didn't like the team. TC for the first year was ~210 for Seattle Cleared HC for Google L3 but got stuck due to the hiring freeze. The recruiter said to expect around 220 ...Read more