Meta reviews

3.6

56% would recommend to a friend

(17,949 total reviews)
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Mark Zuckerberg

46% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Meta has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 17,949 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Aug 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Campus is amazing, offices have all the perks you could ask for. Resources are never a problem.

Cons

Despite what they say at the onboarding, or the all hands, or the company wide emails, upper management is not interested in hearing opposing views. Once you're branded as not being supportive of the collective group thought, your career path will be stunted. Tenure and support for the upper management team is weighted more heavily than individual skills. Your performance review will be mostly based on what others think of you rather than any projects you delivered. If your political skills aren't sharp you'll be collateral damage within your first year.

1.0
Jun 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good pay, benefits, but calculate long hours and weekends -FREE food -Good brand name when you leave, people

Cons

-diversity hires that arent remotely qualified to do the work -Over 1,000 recruiters, most are not that good, lowering the bar to hit big numbers -Internal agency like environment, lots of backstabbing over candidates -Mgmt doesnt lead, they micromanage numbers and do not promote a team environment -

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Meta Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience here. We bring together people with different backgrounds to work on challenging problems to make our company better. Our interview process is team-based and candidates who receive offers are typically group-selected based on demonstrated qualifications and skill. As teams grow, we're finding new ways to increase recruiter collaboration and fix inconsistent processes. We'll continue our investment in hiring experienced people managers and developing our existing manager population. We know how important a manager is to your day to day experience at Facebook. If you haven't already, please reach out to your HR business partner to discuss these concerns.
4.0
Apr 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart people. Cutting edge technologies. Amazing food.

Cons

Some huge, out-of-control egos in management, especially at the middle layers. Couple that with the general immaturity of the company and you'll see some very poor judgement and "Game of Thrones" style politics in a few departments. Average tenure of a staff engineer is about 4 years - mostly because after the initial stock grants vest there is near zero incentive for anyone under a Director level to stay any longer. Culture creates and fosters entitled whiners - so much so that it is a running joke inside the company, with groups such as "Patently Absurd Requests for Facebook Offices" making fun of it all. But then again, this company is largely made up of the "participation trophy" generation, who have been told they were super-special since they were born. Being hired by Facebook amplifies that self-esteem level well beyond eleven. It is never spoken about, but staff turnover is huge. The washout rate of n00bs is likely around 40%. Truly talented staff move around, so team continuity is rare. Zero work-life balance - unless you happen to have a kid while working there.

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