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 Everyone, Anyone recently joined AR/VR group? If performance across all interviews is great does that define a better level? How levelling is done at Facebook? Anyone moved from Intel US to Facebook US recently? I expect it to be E5-E6 loop, what number to expect? #facebook #level #ar #vr #faan...Read more
I couldn't find anything on level.fyi or blind search. What are the TC for e5/E6 in zurich? Also how small is the office there? Anybody working in fb@zurich?
Anyone with AR VR silicon group? How is work in hardware architecture team there? They have Quest and Portal as only two products? Do they have clear vision to keep investing to see iphone moment for their products? How big is organization size ? @Facebook #facebook #fb #hardware
I got my Meta Quest 3 which finally feels like VR is great. After playing Asgard Wrath 2, I was blown away by both the hardware and the game. Asgard Wrath 2 has amazing graphics and you have full 360' action which is highly immersive and looks like an actual fight - think of some of the best disney ...Read more
Hi, I'm considering an offer to join Facebook's AR/VR team (DV) based in Redmond. Does anyone have any insights to offer on the work culture/growth opportunities? Any red flags or areas of concern? TC: 150k YoE: 6 #offer #facebookarvr
That’s the one part Wall Street wants Zuck to cut 😭😭😭 So Zuck laid off all the other employees to appease them but didn’t tell them who was cut
can anyone working at the reality labs shed some light on the differences between the VR and AR teams in terms of prospects, growth opportunities, etc? Which team would you recommend joining? #meta
Has anyone interviewed for the Product Manager role at FB AR/VR? Do they look for anything different from a generalist PM? #pm #interview
How's the hiring bar on the consumer software and platform teams in ar/vr. Looks like they're hiring a lot, is the bar lower or higher than general FB? #interviews #hiringbar #productmanagement
TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. is offering to pay developers who have made virtual-reality software for Meta Platforms Inc. to bring their apps to its own fast-growing Pico headsets, according to people familiar with the matter. The incentives underscore the intensifying competition between the two c...Read more
How is AR/VR group in Meta Reality Labs? Work culture / Pay / Work life balance? Yoe: 10 TC: 300k at ICT4
currently working at Apple in product operations (4 yr YOE, ICT4, TC 270K) thinking about moving to Facebook AR/VR (Oculus) what i like about apple: exicitng products, hardware is still the focus for apple what i dislike about apple: currently in iphone and the teams are really crowded, limited u...Read more
Meta has been at it since 2014 when they acquired Oculus, and has been fully into it for years since they changed their company name to it, only for a consensus among the biggest tech reviewers that all Quest products are toys and the Vision Pro is the first product where you can actually experience...Read more
Anyone bought meta quest 2 or pro ? Any recommendations on which one to get if not any of these please comment. #meta #quest
Does the promos in AR/VR in Facebook, Redmond happen at the same rate as other money making orgs like, say, Ads? #facebook
https://www.benzinga.com/general/gaming/23/04/31834626/zuckerberg-splurges-meta-vr-developer-annual-salary-more-than-average-american-worker-makes-in-10-
Now, this is called as ground breaking innovation! The way it integrates with all the apple products is amazing. However, pricing is off! Should be at least 30% of what they are charging now to make it available to wider audience. They would need lot more data to make these experiences even bette...Read more
how is the team? culture? wlb, etc. software engineering opportunity. how should I prep for an onsite? leetcode tagged questions?
Is the TC for oculus and Facebook the same for same levels? Is oculus like another company owned by Facebook or is it more like another division within Facebook with RSUs, benefits exactly same as Facebook? Why is it branded as a separate company with a different logo? Do people wear a Facebook bad...Read more
Observations from Vision Pro launch: 1. Apple has effectively made the Meta the Android of VR. 2. I wouldn’t be surprised if Meta tries to plays catch up now with a Quest Pro line (and goes nowhere), just like Google/Samsung did for Android phones. 3. Apple has released the Pro variant first. If...Read more