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.
Hi friends I hate seeing my mom this sad. Her only form of entertainment has been FB and I have tried contacting FB since it happened (last night) and we haven't received anything. Does anyone know other methods to recuperate a hacked account? I've submitted forms from the FB contact page, but si...Read more
Today I received three emails from Facebook referring to me with the name "Kevin Konkrete Davis" (which is not my name), - the first email said that it was possible that somebody had entered my account and It is necessary to answer the security questions; - the next email said that my phone number ...Read more
Does a partially statically typed language work in practice? Are FBers happy with Hack? How much PHP is there running around vs Hack code? I know Instagram is primarily Python - how about other products? Do they have different stacks?
Recruiter id out of office for a week. Someone posted a way to figure out interview status using I think chrome console. Tried using search and couldn’t find it. Anyone happen to know where it is or in lieu if that the method? I completed a couple interviews and wanting to get a peek. Thank you! �...Read more
My older relative’s facebook account was hacked a few months ago. He has been trying to get it back but the hacker changed his phone number and email. He still has access to his old email and phone. It’s astounding that fb/meta doesnt have an easy way to resolve this. Thoughts? Anyone working in m...Read more
Howdy all. My wife’s Facebook account was hacked a couple weeks ago and she seems to have fallen into some pit. There’s no way to reach anyone at Meta and now she’s locked out of a ton of other apps. Is there anyone here who might be able to help? #facebook #meta #support
Wtf is happening with these posts from random people on popular celebrity profiles showing up on our newsfeed! #tech
Anyone from FB can comment on this? Are the high TC folks at FB just coasters? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/03/500-million-facebook-users-website-hackers #cybersecurity
My Dad's Facebook account has been compromised. The hacker managed to change the email and phone number associated with the account, making it impossible for me to recover or reset the password. 😔 I followed all the steps provided on the official Facebook support page (https://www.facebook.com/help...Read more
Hi. My fiancé’s Facebook account got hacked and the hacker changed the recovery email. She tried all the things on the support page, but is not helping. Is there anyone at Facebook that can help with this? There’s no chat support or anything!!
My father is old and he has most if his friends on Facebook. That’s the tool he uses to communicate with his friends. We can’t recover his profile and he feels sad that he doesn’t have all the conversations,photos he had with his friends. Some of his friends are no more and he had saved the photos ...Read more
Hello friends, In FB frontend dev, how prevalent is Hack vs. JavaScript? If I join FB now as a frontend engineer how easy/hard will it be to find a team working in JavaScript? 8 YOE, $183k
Friend of mine called me today that his account from Facebook and email was hacked and stolen 8 hs ago probably used same password for both, he was asking how he can recover the Facebook account. He is not in tech and didn't have enabled mobile or two factor auth. Looks like Facebook doesn't have a...Read more
Why could they not use any mainstream language? Even if you claim that Hack is just PHP, it still begs the question, why PHP?
To target people who use company laptops for interviewing, Hackers started using a unique strategy. Apparently a lot of people uses company laptops for interviewing and completing some Online code assessments or Take home problems. Hackers are posing as Meta recruiters and providing code assessment...Read more
Girlfriend’s instagram account got hacked. We tried everything, it’s not working. Other posts mention an internal portal. Don’t have friends at Meta. They are looking to pray on many older folks who follow me and will fall for this crypto scams they are posting. Happy to provide verification to ...Read more