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      Meta Software Engineer reviews

      3.5

      46% would recommend to a friend

      (3,323 total reviews)
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      Mark Zuckerberg

      38% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.6

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      Software Engineer, employees have rated Meta with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,323 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 28, 2016

      Software Engineer

      Software engineer
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Facebook's products are used by more people than anything else. The company's mission -- to connect the world -- is good. There are many, many choices of projects for software engineers and you get to pick your team.

      Cons

      Facebook is a big company with rules. If you are a software engineer, you are compared to all other software engineers. If you do part of the job of a software engineer and part of the job of a something-else (PM, manager, analyst, etc), it will be hard to evaluate you. Also, it is common to have a lot of manager changes.

      3.0
      Nov 25, 2016

      Great compensation if you can cut it

      Software engineer
      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
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      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.
      5.0
      Nov 11, 2016

      Facebook

      Software engineer
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very nice to work at, awesome people around, interesting projects in lots of areas, you can have huge impact, good salary and benefits.

      Cons

      Move fast and break things may not be the best motto; it's a big company, hard to coordinate across different offices.

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