Meta reviews

3.5

50% would recommend to a friend

(18,232 total reviews)
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39% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Meta has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 18,232 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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18K reviews
3.0
Aug 23, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Very open culture. 2. Management team is open to feedback and is probably the best you will find in the tech world. 3. Conducts pulse survey to get a sense of employee's opinions and is taken quite seriously. 4. Work is quite challenging and the perks are probably one of the best in the industry

Cons

1. If you are in ops, it is really hard to have leverage, since it is an engineering-centric company, which is expected and ops is considered more "support" and "cleaning up the mess" type of role. 2. Because FB is quite the name, it is easier to hire a new person than hire someone internally. Since every single employee here, there are tons of other talented people outside that can be hired. So turnover happens for those that burnout or are stagnating in their roles and cannot progress. If you are in a non-tech role, it can feel like you are "replaceable" because there are 100's if not 1000's of people waiting in line to get your role that does something that is not as advanced as coding or building production code. 3. work/life balance as most say can take a toll on you, but this is up to you take control. 4. because everyone is really talented and the best, it is hard to get promoted unless you are the most prolific unicorn amongst all of the unicorns. It is still, however, a good starting point if you get hired.

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Meta Response
8y
Thanks for sharing your feedback. As we grow and scale, we will not forget that people are at the heart of everything we do. We care about building community inside and out. Across our many orgs, functions, and teams, we all matter.
5.0
Jul 17, 2017

Hired into an executive role at Facebook

Anonymous employee
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Pros

As an establish Silicon Valley executive, Facebook moved fast in courting me and offering me a competitive package. They have excellent on-boarding and training programs: for individual contributors, for managers, and at the executive levels. Senior leadership is very approachable. Its straightforward to find good mentors and collaborative partners. The "social networking" that goes on inside the company is richly informative and generally very positive. Despite being a large company, it retains a youthful feel, with an appetite for risk and decisive action which is dazzling given the scale and the weighty consequences that entails. People are honest and direct, and "company politics" is discouraged by a robust culture that strives to keep alive the best of Facebook-- while also staying pragmatic and adaptable. The company is earnest and generally unflinching in applying its principles. Especially, it moves fast and gets things done. Earnest and purposeful. Human executed processes, around hiring and planning, are tight and well reasoned.

Cons

The company is so driven by short-term impact that it is relatively harder here to carve out large, long-term plans. Work-life balance can be an issue. Separation of professional life and personal life is less here than some might be comfortable with. Internal tools and quality can be lacking -- but there is a rising commitment toward changing that.

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Meta Response
8y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. As you implied is a different kind of company — one that values connections, learning, and building. As we continue to grow and scale, it's crucial that we all work together to keep our culture strong, and to further our mission of bringing the world closer together. Thank you for taking an active lead in caring for our community.
5.0
Mar 18, 2017

Great workplace

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Perks, challenges, people, no politics

Cons

Very competitive, so it's hard to have a good work life balance

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