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.
Starting as a new grad ML E-3 and currently in bootcamp. Considering ig growth team and fb feeds ranking team in bootcamp. How does the promotion opportunities looks like in these two groups, from 3 ->; 4 and from 4 ->; 5. Also, any wlb distinctions?
I'm currently a FTE at LinkedIn, looking for a new opportunity, and IG is my dream company. I just got an offer for Meta Contractor (not IG but Facebook Commerce) for 200k ($98/hr), 3 months to start, can extend to 2 years max, can convert to full-time whenever there's headcount. This could give me...Read more
How is this org culturally: Instagram business opportunities
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My manager has asked me to start looking for outside opportunities. Most likely will be pip’d. Can someone please help me with a referral for Meta. Saw few roles that match my profile. Thanks for your time YOE : 1.8 TC : 160k #engineering #software #swe #meta #facebook #instagram
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currently in team match stage at meta for e5 mle. is it true all facebook ai research (fair) opportunities are filled up by internal hires ? my recruiter seems to suggest so. don’t know how to get in touch with fair recruiter. can someone share tips as to how to decide how good a team is, what is ...Read more
I am so sorry to everyone impacted by the layoffs at Expedia. I would love offer support and be a resource for anyone needing it during this time. l'm a technical recruiter who hires for for Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook app, Facebook Messenger. If anyone is interested in opportunities, please DM ...Read more
I recently got an offer from IG Group for the Reliability Engineer post. I'm currently working as Senior Software Engineer at a startup based out of Bangalore. How viable it is to think about this opportunity. How will it impact by career path. Will it be difficult to switch back to SDE roles?#engi...Read more
I’m currently at Instagram and have a PM offer from Google Cloud. Would it be better to shift to Cloud? Cloud is not exactly profitable but it’s Google at the end of the day. Instagram is profitable and with Twitter going down it will be the most successful US social media platform. Future career ...Read more
Does anyone has experience with these teams at NY for data engineering? AR/VR Video Instagram I am deciding on which team to go. Any advice on the growth opportunities, impact, culture or WLB is greatly appreciated!#tech#dataengineering
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Seeing a lot of Instagram posts saying to move to Europe for work from 🇮🇳. Anyone working in Denmark/finland/italy in software engineering roles wanna contrast in terms of opportunities (wrt job growth, stability and WLB) with people who are working in US/UK/Canada? #swe