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      Meta Software Developer reviews

      3.5

      48% would recommend to a friend

      (3,281 total reviews)
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      Mark Zuckerberg

      40% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      Software Developer employees have rated Meta with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,281 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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      3K reviews
      5.0
      May 3, 2017

      Amazing for female engineers

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      I'm a software engineer who has been at Facebook for almost a year. It is hands down the best place I have ever worked. To be frank, I didn't have high expectations going in that it would be very different from the misogynistic cultures I've had to navigate at previous companies. Before working at Facebook, I'd kind of come to accept that being a female engineer would always be a somewhat isolating existence and the best I could do would be to find a team with 90% great colleagues and just try and avoid the creepy and rude ones as much as possible. I'd seen that as long as they performed well (or held some other utilitarian value for the company) they would always have a place in a company and their treatment of women would be an open secret and accepted. Honestly, my first couple months at Facebook made me aware of how much effort I'd been spending navigating those types of situations. It's incredible working with people who assume your competence rather than constantly having to battle to prove yourself. It's amazing seeing constant efforts towards dissecting internalized biases and senior male employees openly discussing their efforts to catch themselves unconsciously interrupting people. It's laughable to try to imagine this happening at my previous companies. It's so precious being able to find a place where you can just focus on your work.

      Cons

      It's a long commute for San Franciscans who come down to Menlo Park because we don't have an SF office yet.

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      Meta Response
      8y
      Thank you for sharing. We are heartened to hear your experience of working here. Creating a supportive and nurturing workplace is so important and it takes every one of us to keep this place special for all.
      4.0
      Apr 14, 2017

      Software Engineer

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Competitive compensation package if you join the company at the right time (when stock price is low.) Otherwise it won't be too attractive unless you are E5. Lots of things to learn in the company, good benefit. If you can get a management role, you will be in haven. Most of the managers their life is very very easy, they only need to care about their team don't get downsize in the political wrestling.

      Cons

      Manager's turn over rate is too high. I got 8 different manager in three year. Some area got lots of politics, watch who is the head of that department. Instagram, Messenger has pretty bad culture at this moment. Literally no life when you want to get good perf review ratings.

      5.0
      Mar 30, 2017

      Life-Changing Opportunity/Environment. Really Underrated in the Valley, IMO...

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      There are an endless amount of pros about working at Facebook. If I were to pick one pro out of all of them - it's the people. Whatever you heard or read about Facebook really doesn't give the place enough credit. I'm not in HR/recruiting or even management, but I do see a common trend in everyone they bring on board. Everyone is smart, motivated, non-judgemental, and freakishly CARING. There are so many people with heart at FB. To be honest, you can be one heck of a coder, but if you're selfish - I don't think you will get hired here. I've previously worked at Google and MSFT; FB blows both of them out of the water (maybe I'm a little biased). Other pro's of course are... + Free world class food options all day long on the main campus cafeteria (MPK 20/21).This includes great snacks/drink options everywhere else as well. + Fantastic PPO/HMO health care options. The premiums are very reasonable. + Resources. They will give you everything you need so you can do an amazing job - period. Hardware, software, etc... + Did I mention the people? :)

      Cons

      FB (especially MPK) is expanding very fast. Things get unorganized and chaotic. Communicating with colleagues in international branch offices can be tricky.

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      Meta Response
      9y
      Thanks so much for sharing your experience. Mark and Sheryl, along with the Facebook leadership team continue to set this example for us by "walking the talk." We are building a different kind of company here, thank you for recognizing and reinforcing the practice of "shipping love."
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