Is Meta a good company to work for as a Data Engineer Manager?

Data Engineer Manager professionals working at Meta have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 478 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Meta employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Data Engineer Manager Jobs at Meta now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Data Engineer Manager interview questions at Meta .

Does Meta pay Data Engineer Manager employees well?

Data Engineer Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Meta with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 478 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Data Engineer Manager salaries at Meta.

How happy are Data Engineer Manager professionals working at Meta?

36% of Data Engineer Manager employees at Meta would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 34% in the past 12 months. Data Engineer Manager professionals have also rated Meta with a 2.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.5 rating for culture and values and 3.6 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

Software Engineer (3596) , Data Scientist (525) , Senior Software Engineer (485) , Product Manager (391) , Software Engineer(Internship) (352) , Program Manager (351) , Technical Sourcer (346) , Data Engineer (328) , Project Manager (261) , Account Manager (240) , Recruiter (236) , Software Engineer Intern (228) , Production Engineer (220) , Research Scientist (219) , Technical Recruiter (215)

What are the pros of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"The company has great benefits and really makes sure you and your family have everything you need." ((in 2370 reviews)); "Great people: my team in particular were some the smartest and most engaging people I've worked with." ((in 2009 reviews)); "I think that some of the pros are the that it has a good pay and is in a nice place like california" ((in 1542 reviews)); "1) Work with the best 2) Always get challenged but in a positive way 3) Caring environment 4) good salary" ((in 730 reviews)); "Free food and Life@ expenses are nice" ((in 655 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"Well know is the bad work life balance with MPK (USA) still holding the string late hours are common and needed to get on." ((in 1025 reviews)); "PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) is pretty intense and there are frequent layoffs which mostly has nothing to do with your performance" ((in 812 reviews)); "1. Can be super stressful 2. Bad manager can ruin your life 3. Efforts are not praised or counted 4. Code output doesn't matter" ((in 405 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is not accountable: Company has no idea what they are doing and where they are going." ((in 373 reviews)); "many employers are very invested in their work and spend long hours; as a result it can be easy to let work/life balance slip" ((in 222 reviews))

Meta Data Engineer Manager reviews

3.2

36% would recommend to a friend

(478 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

22% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

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Data Engineer Manager employees have rated Meta with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 478 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Data Engineer Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Data Engineer Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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478 reviews

1.0

May 18, 2026

High salary overshadowed by toxic culture and politics

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High salary at the market

Cons

Toxic culture, politic games, they don't are about you as a human other than the work you do.

4.0

May 17, 2026

Autonomy in work but declining technical standards

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- High autonomy in what to work on - high caliber experts in statistics, product managements, deep thinkers - Good internal tools for ab tests

Cons

- The technical and judgment bar has gone down over the past 5 years - A lot of DS directors / VPs are very weak technically and pretend to know what they are doing

2.0

May 14, 2026

good pay & benefits, but long hours and instability

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great pay & benefits smart workforce

Cons

long hours basically normalized work over weekends constant reorgs and changing managers lack of accountability for senior leadership layoffs constantly looming

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