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.
Is it true that Meta, Instagram have decided to terminate/reduce the product management function? If yes, what are the people pivoting to? #meta #instagram
Any PMMs here? How do you like your job /culture in mktg? Please share honest thoughts :)
I’m being offered a role at Instagram in London (first IG team in london) as a Product Designer. It will be 1 manager and 3 IC. I’ve read all sort of horror stories about work life balance being non existant at Instagram, people working at night and weekends and people getting fired if they don’t p...Read more
Any thoughts about the Insta design leadership team? How similar/different do they run from Fb?
Off late I have been losing my purpose of working hard and being creative at work. To find it back, I have been contemplating working as a PM ( which I already am) of a product I actually enjoy using as a consumer. Top of my head is Instagram. I sure have my concerns about data privacy and etc as...Read more
What’s it like to work as a Product Marketing Manager at Apple and Instagram? I have an MBA + 6 years of experience (4 in consulting, 2 in marketing) and am considering a switch. Would love to learn more about the role, WLB, and compensation. Current TC: $160k #marketing #productmarketing #apple #...Read more
I am building a social product in the voice sector and would love to hear your thoughts on the space and idea. The product will be something like IG/snap but you record your voice instead of taking a picture/video. Then share it as a story or messages with your friends. Kind of like a “short podcas...Read more
The biggest reason I don’t leave google reviews is I’m too lazy to sign into my google account. Forget about Yelp. Insta should launch reviews. It’d be way more organic, get more volume, and you could intelligently make us of the friend/follow graph too. Snap and Tik Tok should do the same. Platf...Read more
i feel like i see a ton of folks here talk about the WLB at IG being terrible. is that true?? are there any good stories from IG?! im curious about everything, from WLB to comp to your experience. do you like being at IG? #meta #instagram #design #WLB #design #IG
How is the team culture on the Instagram Stories and IGTV teams? - Do you have the opportunitity to work on interesting projects? - Are there alot of politics?
I was wondering what is reason behind the constant bugs and problems with fb and instagram. FB seems to get worse by the hour, css doesn't load, ads are flagged incorrectly, posts coments are duplicated, instagram reels editor keeps crashing, I could go on and on with the list of promblems. On the ...Read more
How is the Instagram shopping experience product team in NY? I am in the process of team matching for EM. WLB and leaders in the org? TC: 560k
Hi, I'm joining Meta this summer as an SWE intern and am currently going through team matching. I'm curious what some of the major differences are between the product infra teams at Messenger and at Instagram. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you! TC: 0
Currently Amazon ops role with a passion for product development and management. Ops has transferable skills. Help me, help you get a referral bonus.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/12/google-exec-suggests-instagram-and-tiktok-are-eating-into-googles-core-products-search-and-maps/
Seeing lots of them lately. any implication of following through them (obv give 5 star review only if product is good)
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
Instagram removed TPM role AIRBNB eliminated product manager role Faang hiring fewer PMs Is it finally happening? This means SDEs will own more stuff, which is great!