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 Metaβs 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 canβt trust anyone. It would probably be easier to work two remote jobs at βless prestigiousβ 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 youβre proactive and document everything thoroughly, youβre 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 itβs possible youβll have a manager younger than you, even if youβre 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 canβt find a way, they are often trying to invent things you did wrong. This isnβt a dealbreaker because as long as youβre 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. thereβs a lot of internal conflict because itβs very authoritarian, also fairly draconian, and itβs 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 isnβt really the problem because guess what? Itβs 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. itβs 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.
Confirmed by my spouse who works there. She is not in Instagram org and not affected. TPM: technical program managers Product managers are not affected. #severance #layoff #meta #tpm
I am a PM who is bored in their life, so learned the basics of python and built this layoff insta page, where I auto-post when the dark clouds arrive / a layoff occurs. Please follow https://www.instagram.com/layoffalert/ and let me know your thoughts? Why am I obsessed with the bleak? TC: 240...Read more
Seeing all instagram teams in UK getting affected, I'm thinking of taking up an opportunity to move to US on L1 visa in case my department folds too. Indications are bad. Some questions regarding this 1. IC5 eng, will I be getting L1A or L1B 2. Is L1A better to get GC than L1B (I'm born in India) ...Read more
Anyone know if any engineers from these groups are affected? Had an offer from Insta that I delayed for a few months for other reasons. TC: 300k
I've been seeing the same bugs for what seems to be a few weeks. These are the kind of bugs that you would think would be fixed relatively quickly. TC: 320
where were the most number of cuts during all layoffs in meta so far? #meta #layoffs #misc
https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-cuts-technical-program-managers-reinterview-for-pm-roles-2024-1 #severance #layoff #meta
It seems sooner or later, they will get rid of all TPM roles as they are planning to do it soon at Instagram: https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-tpm-roles-instagram-job-cuts Link without paywall: https://archive.is/FBs5Z
Wtf this is a pretty big move, donβt see any posts about it on here https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-tpm-roles-instagram-job-cuts Non-paywall link: https://archive.ph/JUXsm
Anyone at googl can refer me in? Also happy to take Amazon Prime, Twitch, FB/ Instagram TPM #layoff
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/15/1148903790/meta-instagram-immigration-visas-layoffs-work-job
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/20/meta-to-cut-or-relocate-instagram-staff-in-london/ What's happening on the inside? #london #meta #facebook #instagram #layoffs
Add blind links and I can add them to this list: - cloudflare - rippling - Amazon prime video - twitch - Barclays - Unity - Sofi - flexe - Google - meta (instagram tpms) - (expected) Amex - (expected) Splunk - (freeze) Salesforce + Slack #layoffs
All the following posts have comments from others in the same company confirming layoffs, so not a rumor or limited to a small number: Google: https://www.teamblind.com/post/Google-layoff-8KaBytys [UPDATED] https://www.teamblind.com/post/Google-30k-layoff-WKSz2MXC https://www.teamblind.com/post/Go...Read more
- Weekend Costco/ Patel brothers - Some BS hikes - Same talk about housing and stock market and job market - BS day trips in Bay Area ( tbh now I feel itβs overrated) - No good Indian food. - On festivals those standard traditional dresses and pictures for instagram. - With layoffs season start gr...Read more
How's the Instagram culture? Different from FB? Has IG been affected a lot by the layoffs? Wondering if I should join as I have a pending offer in the UK #instagram #london #meta #
Creating a master thread to help track all companies which are laying off - including silent and sneaky layoffs. #tech Meta TPM : https://www.teamblind.com/post/Meta-layoffs-all-TPMs-in-Instagram-laidoff-today-2MQcPFcy Twitch : https://www.teamblind.com/post/Twitch-layoff-35-4WQENTVR Prime Video: h...Read more
My best wishes go out to all those impacted. Curious to know of those who were laid off by Meta in the past 6-months, where are/were you based? #tech #layoffs #meta #facebook #instagram
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-tpm-roles-instagram-job-cuts I believe 2024 will more bloody than 2023!
In recent months, the industry has witnessed numerous layoffs. Unity recently let go of 1800 employees, and Twitch reduced a big chunk of its workforce. A friend of mine was laid off from Google as part of a restructuring initiative, and Meta made significant layoffs in its Instagram division. Is t...Read more