I seriously don’t get Facebook after 6 months. Should I just move on? Anyone else feeling this way?
I’ve been at Facebook 6 months now and I’m still struggling with the culture. For a company that sells itself on being fast paced there’s a really unpleasant mix of overly complicated processes and a challenge to find clearly documented answers. I’m used to tech start ups (some not so small) so I have no issue with a lack of processes and thinking for myself. But when I’m told there is a specific way of doing most things I don’t expect to spend days trying to find the answer or rely on asking others who all seem to have various different answers. This tied in with the fact that there seems to be a lot of people equally as confused as me and not really achieving anything is really making me question whether I should move on. I’m 6 months in and feel my career is moving backwards not forwards and all the stress is coming from BS rather than exciting challenging work. Anyone else in this boat? Does it get better within a year?
Real question: are you in MPK or a remote office?
Can you comment on Seattle or Austin at all? Are they not as good?
I don’t think the people there are less smart, certainly not on average. The smartest people I know were in Seattle. But your ability to grasp the company, find the right person who built the key tools, or simply find someone available and knowledgeable are reduced in a smaller office. There are upside, but OP’s description is symptomatic of a remote office. Showing initiative, raising points loudly, selling yourself can help. It’s far from ideal, I recognise.