You get to work with some of the best folks in tech, at least you used to. There are interesting problems to solve at scale.
Leadership used to be highly energetic, smart people with vision. The current CEO has slowly replaced those with corporate drones with limited tech experience who can mostly run a tape loop of asking for KPIs and keep folks busy with useless tactical reviews. Innovation has basically stalled and endless slide shows of almost the tiniest details have taken over.
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.
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?
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
what is FBs, Google and Uber's PM salary? I don't have an offer from them but looking at these companies in Seattle. Currently Amazon with $170k overall comp as a PMT.
Hi all - I have 6 YOE as a non tech PM (L5 Amazon). When I go to levels fyi or anywhere on blind some people say they’re making 250 and others 500. I don’t have a lot of PMs that can guide me on this, but I need some help to figure out what I should asking. Can someone estimate what I should be loo...Read more
Remember my colleagues were leaving for Meta, Uber for 1.5-2x salary. Everyone has multiple offers. Then the winter (September) came and everything went downhill from there. What a year! TC: 🥜🥜🥜🥜
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Trying to get a pulse on Engineering Manager salaries at the big companies in NYC; such as Facebook, Google, Lyft, Uber, etc. Thanks
Current FB: Salary:148k Bonus: 10% Equity:60k (this year) TC:230k Level: E4 Google: Salary: 120k Bonus: 15% Equity: 100k, (400k over 4 years) TC: 242k Level: L3 Uber: Salary: 151k Bonus: 10% Equity: 9003 k shares (42.58 409a price, 48 per 70 bil valuation, 64 per 110 billion valuation) TC: (depen...Read more
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I've seen one too many garbage company-ranking lists on this site. So here is the official list, methodology is based on senior swe salaries + prestige: Tier 0: HRT, Jane Street (Top Quant Firms) Tier 1: Google, Facebook, Netflix, Snap, Stripe, Robinhood, Pinterest, Airbnb, Two Sigma, Citadel, Dat...Read more
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They are called "HENRY'S " which stands for "High earner not rich yet". Are you one of them? How is your spending? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/high-earning-henry-millennials-six-figure-salaries-feel-broke-2021-6%3famp Edit: I wonder if some of you voting that you are "Hen...Read more
Hello Blind, I need your help in order to evaluate my offers from both Meta and Uber. Location of the offers are Seattle! Meta (E5) Base: 200k RSU: 800k (25%/y) Sign-On: 100k Bonus Target: 15% TC-1y: 530k TC-2-4y: 430k Uber (5A) Base: 200k RSU: 900k (35%-30%-20%-15%) Sign-On: 80k Cash Bonus: 35k T...Read more
Does Facebook, Google, or Uber allow you to contribute a fixed dollar amount or percentage of your salary to after tax? I'm assuming after tax is possible for all (I'm aware it might not)
I'm L6@Uber. Finished FB interviews and am going to get an E6 offer. My feedback from the interviewers and referrals had been great. Recruiter is asking for my salary expectations. What numbers should I start with and any negotiation tips?
Post-IPO(600k+): Uber, Meta, Coinbase, Airbnb, Pinterest, Amazon, Snap, Roblox Pre-IPO(600k+): Stripe, Instacart, Databricks Who else am I missing? EDIT: Obviously I did not mention HFT/HF because they don't really hire you as "staff". But yes HRT, JS, PDT, Jump can get there easily TC: 475k y...Read more
If nobody was listening & it had no impact on your current/future salary, In all honesty, would you say FAANG are overpaying it’s tech? #tech #google #Amazon #facebook #microsoft #uber #apple #Netflix
(comparing salaries at approximately similar levels) #pwc #baincapital #ey #mckinsey #bcg #deloitte #kpmg #google #facebook #apple #amazon #netflix #microsoft #uber #lyft #airbnb #linkedin #snap #palantir #citadel #salesforce #pinterest #yelp #stripe #square #datadog
Hi everyone, I have been working at Salesforce for a while, and now want to switch for good work and higher TC (high priority). Can you suggest some startups and companies that are paying 85+ lpa (liquid if startup) otherwise total tc 85+. I know some companies used to give this much salary not sur...Read more
Guys with good salary like 1+ cr salary own any luxury cars like Mercedes, BMW, or Audi? I am in initial years of my job and want to own the same in some years ahead. TC : 59 lpa #misc #google #microsoft #meta #amazon #salesforce #oracle #rippling #rubrik #nutanix #uber #twitter #x #airbnb #atlas...Read more