Hey I am TLM at google Planning to join Facebook Main reason is comp increase (40% increase) and more interesting project But I heard lots of complaints about bad culture, bad wlb, can’t take vacation and so on For people who moved from G to FB, especially senior IC or EM, can you share your story a little bit? 1. Is it worth to jump? 2. Does Facebook require working over the weekend and in the evening? 3. Is it safe to take vacation? 4. Compared to Amazon, or Apple, which one is worst? 5. Does Facebook have any no meetings days? 6. How many PTO for people who work there for 3+ years? Thanks a lot
TC or....
How did you explain to FB your desire to move from G?
It’s more about Facebook fast growth
Worth for 40% imo
Lol on question 4 🤣
Answer to question 4: Facebook 😂
Yes,no,yes,_, yes, 21 day
Yes You should not be working nights and weekends, and hr will take it very seriously if your manager puts any pressure on you to do that It is safe to take vacation Amazon is the worst Yes, no meetings on Wednesdays (you can work from home then, when you're actually not remote like now). Or you can just work from home any day you like if you have nothing important in person 21 days PTO for everybody, Every 5 years you get an extra 30 day sabbatical
Is that sabbatical enforced? If not, how often do people avail it? What happens to perf review in the half's where people take PTO? Even though managers don't ask, how often people choose to work in the night or weekend on their own? Does anyone send out email/message in the night/weekend and expect a reply?
Have seen people calling out 30days sabbatical in the PSC reviews. Mgmt knows that you were off grid taking your sabbatical
The whole WLB thing is blown out of proportions for FB. WLB for me has been great, better than Microsoft, I joined last year.
Wow. I am going to join in a few months. Will you be my mentor? Which location?
Sure, send me a DM!
Idk, I'm working from morning to evening except weekends. I think about 10 - 11 hours. Maybe more, depends what do you mean by work.
Why do you work 10-11 hours?
Most of the senior engs on my product team work on weekends and/or evenings. You might have decent wlb in an infra team though.
Which level do you mean by senior engs?
Any examples of infra teams with good WLB?
Things are very bad here. Don’t join. If comp is important, go to places like Pinterest, Airbnb or Snap.
Do the places you have mentioned provide good WLB?
Only Amazon is worse than FB IMO.