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a conducive environment to learn and grow your career. Management care about the safety of his employees and invest much in training of their workers .

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Best experience of my career. Unfortunately, I was victim of a large layoff soon after being hired..

Programmer Writer (Former Employee) - Remote - October 14, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Exceptional co-workers and nurturing collaborative environmentWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Layoffs and uncertainty about future layoffsWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Support for remote workers was excellent. Easy to use and useful proprietary tools.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Varied widely. Great deal of flexibility. Meetings were generally worthwhile.

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Too many layoffs

Technical Recruiter (Former Employee) - Remote - October 3, 2023

Don’t feel safe with amount of layoffs plus don’t trust management. How are you going to layoffs thousands of people then repost the same job a few months later? Do better leadership.

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Unsatisfactory and I'd have not accepted the opportunity if I knew the full picture in advance

Director-level (Operations) (Former Employee) - Sunnyvale, CA - September 1, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?working with very capable colleagues who have a passion for what they do.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?lots of turmoil, resulting from layoffs and inconsistent direction from senior leadership. Also, the company does not truly value diversity, equity and inclusion even though they "talk" like they do. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?tumultuous, competitive, inconsistent (e.g., committed to remote work, indicating that 50% would work remotely over the next few years, and then did an "about-face" and gave an edict that 3 days in the office is mandatory).What is a typical day like for you at the company? very busy with lots of meetings and accountabilities. However, the company did not have adequate technological tools to drive efficiency.

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Odd culture, vague goals, toxic leadership, but great comp.

Program Manager (Former Employee) - Remote - August 25, 2023

Hired during the Reality Labs boom before it was public how many billions they were losing, which led to the layoffs. Performance is graded upon what people think of you and how you obtain friends/allies, vs actual discrete, measurable indicators. Comp is great, but if you like actually getting things done and having ownership of your particular area vs insecure mgmt. , ever changing top-down directives, and constant backstabbing for the PSC evaluation, look elsewhere.

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Low Voltage (Former Employee) - Los Lunas, NM - August 16, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Nothing at all don't work for directline What is the most stressful part about working at the company?No communication with company's HR is very lousy and slow don't get back to youWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?No good management lack of communication no directonWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Hurry Hurry and wait and wait for management decisions

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Everything looks wonderful, after working there for a couple of years it is lipstick on a pig

Facilities Operations (Former Employee) - Fremont, CA - July 30, 2023

Food, games, youth campus it all looks so nice. When the reality sets in it is far from it. 1. Leadership is the source of a toxic culture of slew of people working very hard to make lots of money for Meta under the guise of connecting the world. This causes its own set of disillusionment problems once that reality sets it. 2. The HR team is too much in the everyday work experience with a constant bombardment of “justify why you are here messaging and concern” under a guise of making impact. This is something as much of the workforce is very cynical of this pervasive ever-there, ever lingering presence. 3. The company is always changing its focus. Chasing the next big thing, why? See point one. It is not out to fix world issues it serves one purpose. To put ads in people face. 4. Meta does not hire role players. It hires top talent. The result is too many cooks for every thing. The smallest of issues has too many opinions and options because there is not enough role players. This makes working life miserable. 5. There is no commitment to people. There is lots of lip service and they do a good job of selling new hires the idea of “This is your company”, but it is not. It is everything your free mind would tell you before you get hired. It is rouse to make you devote more than you ever should to any company just trying to make a mountain of money.

Pros

Good benefits and pay only apply to software engineers.

Cons

Company is disorganized, you will burn a ton of energy, trying to figure out what to do, constant scrutiny, high stress, constantly shifting policies

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Cutting edge technology

technical program manager V (Current Employee) - Remote - May 27, 2023

Best environment to constantly be learning.Vast amount of resourcesExposure to all aspects of software developmentInternal sources to learn cutting edge technologies

Pros

Technical expertise

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Very unprofessional on the HR/Management side of things.

Data Center Technician (Former Employee) - Forest City, NC - May 17, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?I worked there for 6 months and was laid off due to Covid-19. When I tried to come back they made up a lie and said I fell asleep on the job so they were no longer interested. When I litterally got a check for 2k when they laid us off as did everyone. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Nothing was really stressful. The job was great. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It was very strict and you always had to be on your toes. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Grouping to your team, and working alongside others to complete tasks.

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Amazing workplace with very competent coworkers

AI Research Resident (Former Employee) - New York, NY - May 14, 2023

As a research engineer, your work depends on the specific team you are working with. However, here is a general outline of what a typical day might look like:You arrive at work and grab a breakfast if needed. Then, you start working. Some days start with a meeting with your team to track the project's progress. Then, you start working on the issues/todos that you have assigned for yourself. When stuck, you can reach out to one of the seniors researchers working on the same project and ask for help. By afternoon, you can go meet a few of your friends and have lunch together with some dessert. Once finished, you get back to work and keep working till evening. Then, you leave work and head home to relax, spend time with your family or friends, or pursue your hobbies and interests.

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Network Deployment Manager (Former Employee) - Altoona, IA - May 12, 2023

We had a very productive and high bar to aspire to, however we did so with a smile on our face, jokes and playful banter were daily occurrences. I was included in last round of layoffs, even though last two perf cycles were Exceeds Expectations. I worked their 9 years and grateful for the friends and experience.

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I imagine this is what the end of the workd feels like. Vacuum of kindness and respect

Human Resources Manager (Former Employee) - Menlo Park, CA - May 4, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?A ship without leadership or a captain. Completely listless and without regard for people or direction.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Its failure to provide work. Failure to perform. Constant layoffs and lack of leadership accountability.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Stressful. Inauthentic. Frat boy worship of the CEO. Hunger Games atmosphere What is a typical day like for you at the company?Scrounging for work. Countless rescheduled meetings. Bobgoals or expectations

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All support I needed

Software Engineer (Former Employee) - Meta - March 27, 2023

I really liked working for this company because they were very kind, they are wonderful people, they provide excellent service, they pay fairly and on time, and they give many incentives.

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Ambiente muy rápido y orgnico

Senior Security and Privacy Architect (Current Employee) - Redmond, WA - March 21, 2023

Esta empresa es una empresa gigante pero que sigue operando como una start Up. En momentos todo parece un caos pero de alguna manera los problemas son resueltos.

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I love matter, I appreciate how long her CEO has been driving

Content Designer (Current Employee) - Remote - March 7, 2023

I love working at Meta. I am empowered to create my own work life, balance, and drive my own career forward. The ball is completely in my court. If anything is falling short, all I have to do is work with my manager on how to fix it. The only thing I don’t like right now is the uncertainty of layoffs constantly in the air. if layoffs could ever subside, I would love to get back to living the work in the company again.

Pros

Fully remote work, encouraged, management is excellent, it’s easy to get promoted and move up, tons of opportunity for advancement, rewarding work

Cons

Layoffs create uncertainty and cause stress for teams, making it difficult to navigate relationships and team dynamics right now.

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4 stars

Recruiter (Former Employee) - Menlo Park, CA - February 13, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Work life balance, perks and metaverse projects. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?High standard - pressure to meet deadlines & numbers!What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Amazing. Come and accepted as is

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Great compensation and benefits, maybe sunsetting

Test Engineer (Former Employee) - Menlo Park, CA - January 31, 2023

Still great, but not what it used to be. Demoralizing with all the negative press. Good people, good benefits. Best health insurance and benefits are consolidated using a great portal. Job advancement is necessary until IC5

Pros

Great health insurance

Cons

Highly bureaucratic

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Not bad, but do feel pressure

Software Engineer (Former Employee) - Menlo Park, CA - January 25, 2023

Overall it is not bad. A lot of smart coworkers. However, it is true about the psc driven culture . Which made things weird. People have to chase after "impact" .

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productive but need to be more customer focused

Network Analytics Strategist (Former Employee) - Menlo Park, CA - January 5, 2023

Developers were highly productive but need to be more customer focused (documentation and software support. Software developers was highly skilled in their role. They need to understand the total impact of software from a user perspective.

Pros

Good pay

Cons

short-term focused

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Great pay and benefits, awful everything else.

People Services Specalist (Former Employee) - Austin, TX - December 30, 2022

Work life balance doesn't exist at Meta. I had to be available 24/7, with regularly scheduled meetings at literally any time day or night, and I was in HR. The pay isn't worth the stress and hours.

Pros

Free lunch

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One of the best places to work, period.

Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Remote - December 26, 2022

Best work experience I've ever had. Onboarding is thorough. You choose when you are done and can choose your team. People are talented and kind, so it's easy to learn new things. Developer experience is unreal. Internal tools are great, creating a new dev instance is a breeze. All code is available.

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