Meta Software Developer reviews

3.6

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,237 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Meta with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,237 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
May 5, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason to work at Facebook as a software engineer is at Facebook, my ability to make an impact is limited only by my physical capacity to stay awake, not need food, etc. Engineers are able to work on any system(s) necessary to solve a problem and are not constrained around implementation tactics.

Cons

I think the con is the flipside of the pro -- there's so much more to do than I can possibly get done sometimes I feel stressed. The fun part here is this is entirely self-induced... :/

1.0
May 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Opportunity to write software that gets used by hundreds of millions of people -Opportunity to see how a successful company is run -Opportunity to launch often -Potential IPO

Cons

-Frontend work (i.e. work done in most of the product-oriented teams) is mostly mundane PHP and nothing that really intellectually challenging from a Computer Science perspective. (Backend may be different but I never tried that.) -Potential to get judged too quickly for performance. They are less willing than other companies to let you try something different which may be a better fit if you are not performing well enough on your current project. -Chaos that may hurt you--you may start out on one project but be expected to do something else for no good reason, that may not be the best fit for your skills. -Some managers are too busy to give useful frequent feedback. -I get the impression that they manage by a bell curve, but are not not being transparent about it.

2.0
Mar 2, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, if you negotiate aggressively Good food Good benefits Location is good, California is a nice place to live although expensive Lots of exposure

Cons

Management is constantly pushing you You don't work at your own pace, you have to work at everyone else's pace Need to stay after work everyday and go to work on weekends People are very egocentric and their ego is entirely tied to how much code they write I'm afraid of getting fired every single day

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