Why is FB so stressful ?

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Jun 2, 2019 73 Comments

I joined FB a year ago, came from LinkedIn. Under constant pressure to perform and stressed out about the PSC. Itโ€™s been the worst 1 year of my life, I feel like I am married to Satan.

Does it ever get Better ? When I came for onsite interview there were soothing posters everywhere, which said things like:

This is now your company
What would you do if you were not afraid
We grow by lifting each other
Feedback is a gift

But now it seems like all of those were lies, the company tries to paint a happy picture. The reality is completely the opposite.

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  • Pure Storage / R&D
    HFIT71

    Go to company page Pure Storage R&D

    HFIT71
    What you are experiencing is known to everyone? Why did you leave LinkedIn for FB? AFAIK, Linkedin pays same as FB, has very good perks and WLB. Makes no sense to leave LinkedIn for FB.
    Jun 2, 2019 14
    • How much qualifies as refresher? Or does it have to be 100% of original batch?
      Jun 4, 2019
    • Google
      Exit Light

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      Exit Light
      Usually refreshers don't correspond to your initial grant because the initial one could be high or low due to recruitment factors. But if you want to not experience a cliff, you'd need 25% of the initial one each year obviously.
      Jun 5, 2019
  • Can you explain exactly what is making it worst. Is it the ramp up in tech? Are you being overly ambitious? Is there a hard deadline you have to make? Just curious.
    Jun 2, 2019 3
  • Facebook
    pocnjij

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    PRE
    Microsoft
    pocnjij
    Stress does not go away with time. Youโ€™ll have to work a lot to survive. Everything is moving very fast and we are hiring a lot so you are always being surrounded by a bunch of smart, ambitious and hungry for success overachievers. If you have kids or life outside FB - youโ€™ll suffer. Iโ€™ve been here for 2+ years and it hasnโ€™t improved for me, the opposite. Iโ€™ve started talking to a therapist. I havenโ€™t learned much technically. Itโ€™s love-hate relationships. I am also interviewing outside because Iโ€™m tired. Money is not worth it.
    Jun 2, 2019 2
    • Amazon
      Yipp5

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      Yipp5
      Sorry to hear this bro. Life is too short to hang around an environment that's making you seek a therapist. Amazon can be like that too.
      Jun 3, 2019
    • Amazon
      Yipp5

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      Yipp5
      ^ aurelio, all jokes aside, you MUST make time for yourself. No one will care about your mental and physical well-being more than you. Over my career I've learned to not be afraid to force time for myself when my mind isn't right due to stress.
      Jun 3, 2019
  • Every day someone is complaining about FB in Blind.
    Jun 2, 2019 1
    • Adobe
      itzmemario

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      itzmemario
      Your CEO nailed it TBH...turned the company around without also turning it into a pressure cooker for most employees...and yet the people here are mostly dismissive of that and can only bleat FAANG as long as the rest of the flock does so as well. ๐Ÿ‘again
      Jun 3, 2019
  • Apple
    Hansel2

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    Hansel2
    Ppl donโ€™t come to FB for WLB
    Jun 2, 2019 4
    • Adobe
      itzmemario

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      itzmemario
      Atlassian products are much more useful for people like us than anything fb ever built...just sayin'
      Jun 3, 2019
    • Cisco
      help-desk

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      help-desk
      Nope fb even gives $10k extra if you live within a few miles away. Itโ€™s a trap! And yeah adobe and atlassian just gotta let fb drink their own koolaid they know theyโ€™re just a picture viewing app now and nothing more
      Jun 9, 2019