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.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/11/russia-opens-criminal-case-against-meta-over-death-calls-on-facebook.html
Saw this influencer post about the Meta NYC offices on IG https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2i4LseNvcB/?igsh=cGRsMG8wbGhzaTZo Comments are all mentioning about how the influencer is violating the company “visitor’s policy” - can anyone chime in as to what this is for Meta?
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
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22970705/russia-ukraine-moderation-facebook-instagram-hate-speech-violence-policy Meta is a stain on humanity #meta #tech
I just learned that if you quit Instacart before IPO, you lose all your stocks/options including the vested ones, which was a recent change in the policy (for new offers). So, if you work for 4 years and decide to leave pre-IPO, and even if the company IPOs the next day, you have 0. Is this a commo...Read more
I’m joining Meta (Instagram team) located in NYC this month for a hybrid model (based on offer). What is the current working from home vs from office policy for current employees? How many times are you going and see others working from NYC office? Any shuttle service available for commute? If drivi...Read more
I heard USCIS is asking for social media accounts. That's been used in the past 5 years during Visa stamping. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube So what are they gonna check? If we've said anything against Trump? Or USA? Or it's policies? What's going to disqualify you?
Mgr had an unscheduled meeting today and told me I’ll be part of the upcoming headcount reduction. Got 2 weeks to look for roles/opps. I do process and automation. Leave me a note or DM with any open roles at companies yall know. Thank you. 2 Blessed 2 Be Stressed TC: Ligma Edit: What I do, sin...Read more
I detest AOCs policies. But while Ted, our brave PaTrIoT was headed to Cancun to party like its 1999 and then sheepishly came back after the media shit all over him, AOC raised a million or so dollars in a few hours for TX’s cause And owned instagram.
Hello, I would really appreciate it someone can help me with it. There's an Instagram account (most probably fake). It texted me today mentioning about a very insider information about my life, an info that is known to very few people. I asked them to verify themselves, but they are not doing it. ...Read more
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22970705/russia-ukraine-moderation-facebook-instagram-hate-speech-violence-policy If it is true then I'm really disappointed in Meta. TC: 300k
Anyone from Instagram in NYC on here? How do you like it? Comp, wlb, office, co-workers ? Specifically on the ML team. Also, what's FB's policy on building side projects outside work? I usually like to play with tech that isn't directly related to my work to keep up to date, etc.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/meta-may-be-forced-to-shutter-facebook-instagram-in-eu/ What Meta employees think about this? You can't threat European Union (the second biggest market after North America) to pull out of the market. You will eventually lose. You are just a social medi...Read more
My wife and I run a business that we regularly run ads for, however since February every ad we post gets rejected with no explanation and our personal accounts have been action blocked from liking or commenting on anything. Today we finally got a more descriptive rejection message, saying that our a...Read more
So supreme court just ruled that the Fed cannot sit down with social media platforms to “co-work” because it actively silenced certain opinions. Elon is bragging that Twitter will always be a platform of free speech. Do you believe Threads will tag a similar rule or stick to similar policies of Fa...Read more
Conservative policies are and should be the default. They are time-tested and allowed the society which uses them to survive up until this point. Consider them the average genetic organism in a species i.g. > 90% Liberal policies aren't time-tested, they're new and a "mutation" of conservative po
Seeking referrals for policy/program management roles at #google, #facebook, #patreon, #bumble, #microsoft, #uber, #airbnb, #zillow, #lyft, #pinterest, #youtube, #instagram, #whatsapp, #aws, #amazon, #github, #discord, #reddit, #slack, and similar companies or large foundations. 10 YOE in consultin...Read more
Looks like there is some rerious push from this administration to split Meta. (FB, Insta, Whatsapp, etc) into separate companies. This might take years to happen, or maybe never happen. But, lets assume it happens and Meta is split into separate companies: Since Meta is a driver in compensation ...Read more
For example: 1. Will consumer/advertisers benefits more when we have Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc etc as different companies and compete with each other?? User can switch platform if they don't like the policy and operations of one company.. 2. Can AWS serve their customer better if they are...Read more
Here are the problems: - meta is at mercy of platform like apple and Android policies - meta has not organically grown, insta, WhatsApp are all acquisition. - multiple platform and not easy story telling - privacy regulations are getting better and it's getting harder for meta - Europe is pushing fo...Read more