Facebook SWE wlb?

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Jul 10, 2021 46 Comments

Hey FB see folks,

Evaluating an E5 offer from FB. But worried about WLB or in general work stress/hours. Based on what I have read on blind most SWE work ~50 hours/week and there is always a stress to get a Meets rating to prevent a PIP.

Can folks from FB please share the following data points:
1. Team/org + level/tenure
2. Average work hours per week.
3. How stressful does it get? (1-10 scale)
4. Would you work elsewhere for the same pay but less hours/stress? (Yes/no)

Thanks y'all!

Offered TC:480K for year 1. 400K after.

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  • If I paid you, would you lay out a plan for me to learn how to navigate FANG interviews?
    Jul 10, 2021 7
    • Google
      Goog!e

      Go to company page Google

      Goog!e
      Been doing this for a long time and have never felt like there was some secret CS concept that would really unlock my career if I could master it. After 15+ years, my biggest challenge is still navigating big, poorly-written codebases.
      Jul 11, 2021
    • @MelGibson you are a good person!! Thanks
      Aug 7, 2021
  • FB feels like being hired as a contractor. You're not told what to do, you have to figure out a way to make yourself useful. At the end of 6 months, you make your case to FB, and if they think you added value, they renew your contract (and compensate you generously for extra value), if not you're out. The slate is wiped clean and you have to find ways to prove your worth again the next 6 months. As a result, you can't just leave the career aspect of your life on autopilot and live a balanced life. It always needs tending to. This is specially true if the context you're adding value in is ever changing (reorgs etc) which is often the case. If you put career first and tend to favor more risk and reward, fb is a perfect place. If you like a chill life, fb is not the place.
    Jul 10, 2021 5
  • Facebook
    lonelyduck

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    lonelyduck
    1. E6
    2. 40 hours on average
    3. Stress - self-induced 10, induced by manager 0
    4. Unsure. I've worked at places before FB where I worked only 20 hours a week but the politics stressed me out.
    Jul 10, 2021 7
    • Facebook
      lonelyduck

      Go to company page Facebook

      lonelyduck
      (Don't want to give too much info about where I've worked.)

      FB is definitely better work culture than Microsoft and Amazon. Microsoft is still largely an ancient company even though it's gone through this massive transformation. Amazon, despite all it's brilliant innovation still manages to be ancient in the way it does things internally.

      With Google it depends on the team and your personal preferences. I think FB takes care of employees better than Google. Google is bigger and slower in general. But individual team variations are large enough where your experience could be better or worse at FB.

      Uber and Netflix I'm have that much data.
      Jul 10, 2021
    • New
      Tixb50

      New

      Tixb50
      > I have trouble saying no, specially when people ask for help.

      Wow, this resonates with me. A lot of my time goes onto discussions, meetings which mostly involve contributing to the tasks which are not under my ownership.

      As someone, who received a lot of help in the beginning when I joined the team, I feel obligated to do the same for others. But at the end of the day, it does eat up a significant portion of my time without much visibility.
      Jul 10, 2021
  • 1. E5
    2. < 30 on average for MA
    3. Low (3), no critical on-call, no hard deadlines, some people depend on me to move forward otherwise would be 0.
    4. Yes, but I don't think such place exists
    Jul 10, 2021 2
  • 1. E5
    2. 30 - 40 hours per week (wfh with 2 kids)
    3. 0
    4. No
    The best thing about FB is that you can choose what you want to do. Nobody, even my manager, can force me to work on projects I don't like. I propose and lead my own project. Everything they care is impact, and not how many hours you spend.
    Jul 11, 2021 8