- You have the option to climb the ladder - lots of great internal tools - compensation, food, and benefits are great
- overloaded with chats - everyone can have an opinion, a lot of arguments - tons of tasks and a lot can keep getting pushed to the back - always asked to do more and more
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/meta-ai-google-gemini-black-founding-fathers
Headline: Zuck announces that Meta will begin ramping hiring back up after record Q4 profits . Are we going to ignore the fact that engineers got laid off within a week of joining after relocation? #engineering #meta
I did an on-site Meta interview for E6, and all the sessions went very well, answered all the questions. ( Double checked my answers in leet code) But still got rejected and recruiter didn't give me any feedback. and she put me into one year cycle. That's very odd. Any thoughts? what can I do bet...Read more
Looks like META is planning broader layoffs and putting downward pressure on performance reviews. Best friend’s manager told him that he will fight for meets expectations (mid) but it could be meets most (next step down). Anyone in the PSC process know if it’s true that there’s active grade deflatio...Read more
I am hearing rumors that Meta is open to rehiring people that were laid off if there is a match to a specific role. Does anyone know how to find out more about those? If you have tips please share or DM. #tech #layoffs #meta
Hi blinders, I interviewed at Meta for an E5 position and negotiated with the recruiter up until Friday where I verbally accepted the offer and reviewed the final numbers on the portal. However when I log into my career profile I see: “We're working on your offer documents. You'll receive an email ...Read more
I searched for meta layoffs on Linkedin, and 80% of them are engineering leaders and UX researchers
Full disclosure I was laid off from Meta in November. I only have gratitude for Meta. I served for many years and got a great severance. The projects I worked on helped me land another role at a smaller company in January. Smaller pay package but interesting work. Feel sorry for the folks who w...Read more
Some quality nuggets from the recent all hands (if this article is to be believed) https://www.theverge.com/23277797/mark-zuckerberg-meta-facebook-employees-pressure “Realistically, there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn’t be here,” Zuckerberg said on the June 30th call, ac...Read more
Is this the top band for E4 offers? Base: 193K Equity: 450K Sign on: 50k TC: ~335K (not including sign on) #meta #swe
why can't corporate overlords listen to employees? "At Amazon, warehouse workers have shown support for corporate colleagues, noting they have nothing to gain if office workers lose flexibility that the pandemic proved possible." - NYT article (https://archive.ph/Y6RnI) Ironically, today -- "Meta ...Read more
https://www.wsj.com/articles/metas-mark-zuckerberg-says-he-is-accountable-as-company-preps-for-mass-layoffs-11667941107 published Tuesday 4:18 PM ET "Meta Platforms Inc. will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday. Th...Read more
I have looked at what has happened in recent days to the stock price of Meta's competitors like Snap and Pinterest and have determined that the market hasn't yet fully priced in the effects of reduced advertising spending into Meta's stock price. After the next earnings call things will become crys...Read more
I transitioned from AWS (5 years) to FB (Infra) more than a year back. We recently had a discussion of ex-Amazonians to share experience with FB transition. Summarizing my personal experience and others experience so that you know what you are signing up for. This is mostly applicable for E5+. TLDR...Read more
What are good places to move from Meta, to get comparable TC and better WLB current TC: 550K (with stock increase) E5 Looking for ~430k options with better WLB and similar level
This guy Ashok Chandwaney pulled no punches when it comes to denounce FB profiting from hate. What are you thoughts? Any insiders to provide some insight?#tech #hatespeech #facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/resignation-letter-from-facebook-engineer/0538edee-7487-4822-956a-e880c2024324/...Read more
Was preparing for my second round interview for a Product Analytics DS position with FB/Meta that was set for the next week (after asking for a week push due to a go-live being pushed at work), and was then informed at the end of last week that the Data Science positions are going through a hiring f...Read more
You guys just managed to add legs! 🤡 After all this hard work? 😭😭😭 https://www.businessinsider.com/metaverse-dead-obituary-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-tech-fad-ai-chatgpt-2023-5?amp TC: 320K YOE: 7
Just to share a data point. I got meta offer at E6. Final numbers are: Base~250k, Bonus 20%, RSU 650k/4yrs, sign on: ~50k. My current TC is around 1.2M at L6 and this is less than a half of it. Even with a cliff coming in a couple years, It would be a massive loss for me. I am surprised by Meta no...Read more