Meta reviews

3.6

55% would recommend to a friend

(17,975 total reviews)
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Mark Zuckerberg

44% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Meta has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 17,975 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
Nov 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and compensation. Lots of different technologies to work on, lots of opportunities for visibility and impact. Good place to learn and explore mobile, full stack and backend infrastructure. Fun place to work when things are going well.

Cons

High stress, lot of turnover. I've had a new manager every year. Some teams have a 24/7 work expectation. Highly competitive, and you are competing with lots of smart people. Seems very difficult to get a promotion and junior people who don't rise fast enough are pushed out. For senior engineers, one bad project or not enough impact and it can be very difficult to course-correct.

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Meta Response
9y
Thank you for your feedback. Incremental improvements and sustainable investments in quality are important. We see this in our weekly Q&A meetings when Mark recognizes people during the 'fix-of-the-week' and in celebrating the Faceversaries of tenured employees. That being said, we can and will do better and appreciate your feedback to help us improve.
3.0
Oct 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The amenities are nice for full-time employees, but it feels like a smoke-screen almost. I feel like we're being blinded into happiness with all these things being thrown at us to take advantage of. I'm starting to see through them and realize what they are truly for...to make you think you are happy and have the best job, and work for the best company ever, when you really don't...they got us by the balls here...

Cons

Laptop and phone each employee is given is not a perk, but a leash...you are always expected to be on them even when you are not at work trying to enjoy the life you are actually working for. Because they have issued you these items, there are no excuses.

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Meta Response
9y
In our 'move fast' and 'focus on impact' culture, we know it can be a challenge to find the right level of work/life integration. Please speak candidly with your Manager and HR Business Partner in order to share concerns and explore options. We hope you are able to spend time on the things that are most important to you.
1.0
Sep 24, 2016

BiZ Apps Team in Facebook

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

Its an amazing company to work. Though the team is not. People will be given option to choose the team after they are hired. The Company shuttles are extremely helpful in working even while we commute.(No Fun) The IT Support is extremely quick and very helpful. The Food and rest are very yummy. Every day You might have to think what cuisine should I choose today. What ever you choose, It will just be there on campus.

Cons

I was into BizApps team at Facebook. Facebook is an amazing company to work but the team is not. All the above was only to an extent and the critical part which had really kept me under pressure was There were three people who were asked to develop three Modules. later they asked me to integrate the other Modules into mine. What others developed is just an initial version and UI, Javascript wasn`t following any standard. Later when I was integrating I had to rework everything from level 0. project manager, Manager, Team Lead, UI Expert were all supervising my work. When ever they pass by my desk, they would ask me to make few changes may it be to the Layouts, data to be displayed etc. the worst part is that their opinions do not match at all. for instance .. Project Manager would stop by my desk and asks me to change the layout and I obey and customize the layout to include that change. Later team lead would stop by and says "This is disgusting Layout. better change it. when I change it taking his suggestions. Manager would stop by and says its the worst that he has ever seen in his life and asks me to include his recommendations. Later UI expert comes and commands me not to follow instructions of any others and to just follow his recommendations as he is the UI expert. When I do that Others (Project Manager, Manager etc) hate the changes and I was evaluated low in performance. In the due course I was evaluated low in performance and I was blamed for missing the dead line. I did try to convey my situation to people but no action was taken.

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