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 have 5+ years of design verification engineer experience at Intel. Mostly getting design verification opportunity at Meta RL team. What compensation I can expect at Bay Area Meta?
I have an upcoming interview for DV role with Meta Reality Labs for AR/VR team from my understanding. The recruiter mentioned in the email about SV, UVM, Constraints, Coverage. Can anyone share any other additional tips on what to prepare? It would be helpful if people could share their interview e...Read more
So instagram now wants to charge an optional subscription fee of $11.99/month What a scam. The least they could do is offer an ad free experience for this price.
JUST IN: $META is testing paid verification for Instagram and Facebook for $11.99 per month on web and $14.99 per month on mobile. https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1627372178281754625?s=46&t=Q4zYgEIwZh5dBYSg5hNNyw #meta #stocks #tech #blind
Seems like some desperate revenue increasing move? I recall twitter did that to increase revenue immediately.
I’m close to the negotiation stage for a Design Verification engineer role at Facebook. A few questions: 1. I have 7+ years of experience with a Masters as a senior DV engineer. What level can I expect at FB? E5? E6? 2. What salary and total comp range should I expect? are there refreshers? 3. How...Read more
Hello, Interested in knowing how mature facebook hardware teams are and how does a career look at facebook for a hardware engineer. I am interested in applying for a hardware emulation engineer position that I know of from a friend there. Also any inputs on what to prepare for the interview will ...Read more
saw that fb calibra has security feature where they can use government id to verify your name etc. how is that implemented technically? are their apis or services that provide this?
Received link from Meta to collect my information for background verification even before onsite interview. Is this quite normal?
I have below offers from Meta and Tesla. 8+ DV experience and looking for a change. Google may make an offer in the future. Any insights on the work culture at Dojo vs Meta infra vs Google CPU teams?
Hello, I have an interview for the role of verification engineer at Meta. I am really excited about this role. I wanted to be best prepared for my interview, given this current job market. Can anyone kindly write about their interview experience at Meta for the verification engineer role? kindly ta...Read more
I have changed company in the middle of interview process. Would it cause any issues in background check?
Hi, I have a facebook technical phone interview in AR/VR division for ASIC verification role. The main focus of the interview would be coding in SystemVerilog. Any pointers on what should I refer to or any good sites to look for SV coding questions. TIA
Marques Brownlee posted the screenshot below about 20 minutes ago. TC: 200
Curious if Meta employees get an Ad stipend and verified profiles for free? #tech #benefits
Any tips on preparing for a Facebook hardware interview? Design verification
Hi Folks I have accepted Meta offer 5 weeks ago and the HireRight verification is done and they shared the report with me as well, but still the prehire checklist shows "background check" is in progress. And also recently I have received a box with two pairs of Meta socks with a Welcome message. D...Read more
I have an onsite inteview with FB for Design Verification Engineer.Any tips on how to go about preparing for the technical rounds? What kind of questions can I expect?