Applied a while back but a recruiter reached out and we had a very pleasant phone interview. Even got asked for salary expectations which I didn't expect but I guess it's a procedure. Another 30 min hiring manager call will follow and I assume 1-2 longer ones with the team/future boss. However my friend sent me this 1https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-pays-brand-tax-hire-talent-fears-career-black-mark-2021-12 and it made me think if I am stepping into a hornet nest. I am aware of the whole Metaverse discussion. On #Reddit where the article was published most engineers would refuse to work for @Meta. I would essentially be the one defending the "evil" in media. Engineers would still be attractive on the job market, but what about #publicaffairs/#policycomms people? What salary would one expects in this role for this risk in Germany? I have 7+ years experience, mind you I come from a village from a rather poor country and my dream has been working for a FAANG. #interview #pr #communications Current TC: 62k (in USD but I live in Germany, here it's above average, I know it's very little in comparison with most heređ )
lol this canât be real
What do you mean
I think you should probably take it, I donât know where you are at beforehand but thatâs a pretty difficult job to land Iâd imagine. It could be worse. You could be on Spotify comms right now. Whatever the outrage of the week is
Hi @throwaway? Wondering if you moved forwarded with the interview and joined Meta. My friend is interested in a similar role there in the US. Would love to DM to learn more about the process. Thanks!
You didnât mention your own interest in what Meta is doing. If youâre not connected to the product outside of this job opportunity , you shouldnât take the job. If you donât actually care about the product, that will be the weakest position to be in after several years - wanting a new comms role and not being able to tell a good story about what drives you at your current company.
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Socially your friends will probably judge negatively. Professionally, no. If youâre in communications then itâs sort of like the way the legal profession works. At Facebook youâll have one of the hardest jobs in the field and if/when you leave youâll be in demand everywhere because of that experience. Also that article is garbage. Business insider has basically become tabloid level reporting. The whole article is trying to claim fb pays a brand tax by stringing along a series of anecodotes, out-of-context statements, and the fact that fb pays top of market for many positions.
Thanks hoped for this. The legal comparison makes sense as well. As to the article on Reddit the second half of commenters said the same about BI and pointed out Facebook has been known to be one of those paying the most in the past 5+ years and the rest is rather speculation although a comfortable one considering the troubles Facebook went through since Cambridge Analytica. Thanks for your insight!
If you want some hard data on this go check out the blind company pages. Answer the question on whether youâd work at the company and you can see how others responded. Meta definitely has a chunk of blind users who refuse to work there, but itâs a minority. There are a lot of companies that perform worse on that particular question. I think those people also happen to be a particularly vocal minority. You regularly see them trash talk meta here and around the internet - still a minority though.