Initial comp was great; refreshes are harder to get and you have no leverage
Very fragmented; too many product areas; lots of bureaucracy.
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.
Are salaries still high at Meta/Google/Amazon etc.? Post layoffs and shift in tech companies, have those that managed to keep their jobs also keep the TC they negotiated at the time it was peak employee market?
So I know about Netflix, meta etc. But could someone help me with what new age companies are paying generous salaries and also have a large employee base?
what is the range for google/fb T3/T4 network engineer salary? recuiter is not willing to tell the range and ask me to comeup with numbers.
Does fb/google have same TC for Boston as compared to NYC or Bay Area for engineering roles?
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location bay area yoe: 4-6 + ms what is a decent or average offer to expect given the following above info, for these top tech companies? position: hardware engineering or silicon development the #’s ive seen here so far have varied quite a bit so i just want confirmation
What is the average total comp for senior/principal engineers at FB/Google here in Seattle?
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Does anyone know the standard offer Google or Facebook make to their new grad hires? The no negotiation and not returning intern offer.
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Have offers from both and would like to see what my salary expectations should be. Any info would be appreciated. Google is for an L5 role. Not sure about Facebook’s level but I’m guessing it’s similar. Thanks!
What do the salaries look like for hardware architect type role at G and FB? Say for L6/L7 kind of role. Will it be the same as that for a SWE with similar experience? If the domain is ML, can the salaries go even higher than SWE?
I am interviewing with Google for Finance Manager, Uber for Sr. Finance Manager and Facebook for Finance Manager roles. What should be my expected salary amounts for these three positions?
Current employees at Facebook/ Meta and Google — are you able to share COL differences in salary or TC if you work remote at these locations? Do the differences vary between engineering and non-engineering? San Francisco Seattle New York Denver Austin Atlanta
**Situation** 1. Let’s say – Google has offered L5 and Facebook has offered E6. 2. Once the offers come, Facebook’s offer is 200K$ to 250K$ above Googles. **Question** 1. In spite of the large difference between offers potentially due to difference between levels, would Google still match Facebo...Read more
Hi Friend has received verbal offer for Sr Product Designer from uber, facebook and google. Coming in as L4/L5. Can anyone advice on salary range for this level of position ? Levels.fyi does not have much data on product design role. #uber #google #facebook #pinterest
People at these companies (+ other FAANG), how has your salary (TC) progression been? I got offers from multiple companies (Google/Meta/Amazon/etc.). I got offers where my base is about 15% higher than my current base but the RSU is slightly lower than my current stock with appreciation (since Tesl...Read more
Any idea about the pay for fresh PhD holder at those tech companies? Say data scientist or applied scientist position?
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